diff --git a/app/helpers/valuators_helper.rb b/app/helpers/valuators_helper.rb
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..752713ed3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/helpers/valuators_helper.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+module ValuatorsHelper
+
+  def valuator_label(valuator)
+    truncate([valuator.name, valuator.email, valuator.description].compact.join(' - '), length: 100)
+  end
+
+end
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/app/models/valuator.rb b/app/models/valuator.rb
index ab0ea6ece..c7cb6e4a8 100644
--- a/app/models/valuator.rb
+++ b/app/models/valuator.rb
@@ -6,4 +6,8 @@ class Valuator < ActiveRecord::Base
   has_many :spending_proposals, through: :valuation_assignments
 
   validates :user_id, presence: true, uniqueness: true
+
+  def description_or_email
+    description.present? ? description : email
+  end
 end
diff --git a/app/views/admin/spending_proposals/edit.html.erb b/app/views/admin/spending_proposals/edit.html.erb
index 43ee3a5c4..59180eb16 100644
--- a/app/views/admin/spending_proposals/edit.html.erb
+++ b/app/views/admin/spending_proposals/edit.html.erb
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@
   <%= f.label :valuator_ids, t("admin.spending_proposals.edit.assigned_valuators") %>
 
   <%= f.collection_check_boxes :valuator_ids, @valuators, :id, :email do |b| %>
-      <%= b.label(title: [b.object.name, b.object.description].compact.join(' : ')) { b.check_box + b.text} %>
+      <%= b.label(title: valuator_label(b.object)) { b.check_box + truncate(b.object.description_or_email, length: 60) } %>
   <% end %>
 
   <p class="clear">
diff --git a/spec/models/valuator_spec.rb b/spec/models/valuator_spec.rb
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..326eda7dc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/spec/models/valuator_spec.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+require 'rails_helper'
+
+describe Valuator do
+
+  describe "#description_or_email" do
+    it "should return description if present" do
+      valuator = create(:valuator, description: "Urbanism manager")
+
+      expect(valuator.description_or_email).to eq("Urbanism manager")
+    end
+
+    it "should return email if not description present" do
+      valuator = create(:valuator)
+
+      expect(valuator.description_or_email).to eq(valuator.email)
+    end
+  end
+end