diff --git a/chrome/content/zotero/components/createParent/createParent.jsx b/chrome/content/zotero/components/createParent/createParent.jsx
index 606ca70915..fe68219fc3 100644
--- a/chrome/content/zotero/components/createParent/createParent.jsx
+++ b/chrome/content/zotero/components/createParent/createParent.jsx
@@ -43,13 +43,13 @@ function CreateParent({ loading, item, toggleAccept }) {
 
 	return (
 		<div className="create-parent-container">
-			<span className="title">
+			<div className="title">
 				{ item.attachmentFilename }
-			</span>
+			</div>
+			<p className="intro" data-l10n-id="create-parent-intro"/>
 			<div className="body">
 				<input
 					id="parent-item-identifier"
-					placeholder={ Zotero.getString('createParent.prompt') }
 					size="50"
 					disabled={ loading }
 					onChange={ handleInput }
diff --git a/chrome/content/zotero/createParentDialog.xhtml b/chrome/content/zotero/createParentDialog.xhtml
index 61fec135cb..9c1856a193 100644
--- a/chrome/content/zotero/createParentDialog.xhtml
+++ b/chrome/content/zotero/createParentDialog.xhtml
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@
 	buttondisabledaccept="true"
 	buttonlabelextra2="&zotero.createParent.button.manual;"
 	buttonlabelaccept="&zotero.createParent.title;"
-	style="padding:20px 15px;width:400px;">
+	style="padding: 20px 15px; min-width: 500px">
 
 	<script src="chrome://global/content/globalOverlay.js"/>
 	<script src="chrome://global/content/editMenuOverlay.js"/>
@@ -33,7 +33,9 @@
 	<script src="lookup.js"/>
 	<script src="createParentDialog.js"/>
 	<script src="components/createParent/createParent.js"/>
-
+	
+	<html:link rel="localization" href="zotero.ftl"/>
+	
 	<vbox id="zotero-create-parent-container" flex="1">
 		<html:div id="create-parent" />
 	</vbox>
diff --git a/chrome/locale/en-US/zotero/zotero.ftl b/chrome/locale/en-US/zotero/zotero.ftl
index d49986251e..0b67f5697b 100644
--- a/chrome/locale/en-US/zotero/zotero.ftl
+++ b/chrome/locale/en-US/zotero/zotero.ftl
@@ -126,6 +126,8 @@ itembox-button-options =
 itembox-button-merge =
     .aria-label = Select version of { $field } field
 
+create-parent-intro = Enter a DOI, ISBN, PMID, arXiv ID, or ADS Bibcode to identify this file:
+
 reader-use-dark-mode-for-content =
     .label = Use Dark Mode for Content
 
diff --git a/chrome/locale/en-US/zotero/zotero.properties b/chrome/locale/en-US/zotero/zotero.properties
index 4992893330..e732b0e637 100644
--- a/chrome/locale/en-US/zotero/zotero.properties
+++ b/chrome/locale/en-US/zotero/zotero.properties
@@ -1221,8 +1221,6 @@ lookup.failure.description			= Zotero could not find a record for the specified
 lookup.failureToID.description		= Zotero could not find any identifiers in your input. Please verify your input and try again.
 lookup.failureTooMany.description	= Too many identifiers. Please enter one identifier and try again.
 
-createParent.prompt					= Enter a DOI, ISBN, PMID, arXiv ID, or ADS Bibcode to identify this file
-
 locate.online.label					= View Online
 locate.pdf.label					= Open PDF
 locate.pdfNewWindow.label			= Open PDF in New Window
diff --git a/scss/components/_createParent.scss b/scss/components/_createParent.scss
index aa2673df6e..b21df9be12 100644
--- a/scss/components/_createParent.scss
+++ b/scss/components/_createParent.scss
@@ -2,16 +2,25 @@
 	.title {
 		font-size: 1.4em;
 		font-weight: 700;
+		// Let the dialog get a little wider if the title is long
+		max-width: 550px;
 	}
-
+	
+	.intro {
+		// Text is added asynchonously, so set a height for dialog auto-sizing
+		min-height: 1em;
+		margin-bottom: .5em;
+	}
+	
 	.body {
-		margin: 1em 0;
 		position: relative;
 		display: flex;
+		margin-bottom: 1em;
 
 		input {
 			flex: 1;
 			font-size: 14px;
+			margin-left: 0;
 		}
 		
 		.downloadProgress {