diff --git a/koha-tmpl/intranet-tmpl/prog/en/modules/members/member-password.tmpl b/koha-tmpl/intranet-tmpl/prog/en/modules/members/member-password.tmpl
index 1d51ef8d97..cdd852d0d3 100644
--- a/koha-tmpl/intranet-tmpl/prog/en/modules/members/member-password.tmpl
+++ b/koha-tmpl/intranet-tmpl/prog/en/modules/members/member-password.tmpl
@@ -26,13 +26,13 @@
 <input type="hidden" name="borrowernumber" id="borrowernumber" value="<!-- TMPL_VAR NAME="borrowernumber" -->" />
 	<!-- TMPL_IF NAME="errormsg" -->
 		<!-- TMPL_IF NAME="BADUSERID" -->
-		<p class="warning">You have entered a User ID that already exists.  Please choose another one.</p>
+		<div class="dialog alert">You have entered a User ID that already exists.  Please choose another one.</div>
 		<!-- /TMPL_IF -->
 		<!-- TMPL_IF NAME="SHORTPASSWORD" -->
-		<p class="warning">The Password entered is too short.</p>
+		<div class="dialog alert"><strong>The password entered is too short</strong>. Password must be at least <!-- TMPL_VAR NAME="minPasswordLength" --> characters.</div>
 		<!-- /TMPL_IF -->
 		<!-- TMPL_IF NAME="NOPERMISSION" -->
-		<p class="warning">You do not have permission to edit this member's login information.</p>
+		<div class="dialog alert">You do not have permission to edit this patron's login information.</div>
 		<!-- /TMPL_IF -->
 	<!-- /TMPL_IF -->
 
diff --git a/koha-tmpl/intranet-tmpl/prog/en/modules/members/memberentrygen.tmpl b/koha-tmpl/intranet-tmpl/prog/en/modules/members/memberentrygen.tmpl
index 60f3b95862..90140ae555 100644
--- a/koha-tmpl/intranet-tmpl/prog/en/modules/members/memberentrygen.tmpl
+++ b/koha-tmpl/intranet-tmpl/prog/en/modules/members/memberentrygen.tmpl
@@ -828,7 +828,7 @@
 				<!-- /TMPL_IF -->
 			<!--/TMPL_IF-->
 			<!--/TMPL_IF-->
-	  <!-- TMPL_IF NAME="mandatorypassword" --><span class="required">Required</span><!-- /TMPL_IF -->
+	  <!-- TMPL_IF NAME="mandatorypassword" --><span class="required">Required</span><!-- /TMPL_IF --><!-- TMPL_IF NAME="ERROR_short_password" --><span class="required">Password is too short</span><!-- /TMPL_IF -->
 <!-- TMPL_IF NAME="minPasswordLength" --><div class="hint">Minimum password length: <!-- TMPL_VAR NAME="minPasswordLength" --></div><!-- /TMPL_IF -->
 		</li></ol>
 		</fieldset>
diff --git a/members/member-password.pl b/members/member-password.pl
index 4845a0609f..f18db80637 100755
--- a/members/member-password.pl
+++ b/members/member-password.pl
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ if(( $member ne $loggedinuser ) && ($bor->{'category_type'} eq 'S' ) ) {
 }
 my $newpassword = $input->param('newpassword');
 my $minpw = C4::Context->preference('minPasswordLength');
-$errormsg = 'SHORTPASSWORD' if( $newpassword && $minpw & (length($newpassword) < $minpw ) );
+$errormsg = 'SHORTPASSWORD' if( $newpassword && $minpw && (length($newpassword) < $minpw ) );
 
 if ( $newpassword  && ! $errormsg ) {
     my $digest=md5_base64($input->param('newpassword'));
diff --git a/members/memberentry.pl b/members/memberentry.pl
index 16fde6fe5d..a1a3f7fdcb 100755
--- a/members/memberentry.pl
+++ b/members/memberentry.pl
@@ -217,7 +217,7 @@ if ($op eq 'save' || $op eq 'insert'){
   }
   
   my $password = $input->param('password');
-    push @errors, "ERROR_short_password" if( $password && $minpw & (length($password) < $minpw ) );
+    push @errors, "ERROR_short_password" if( $password && $minpw && (length($password) < $minpw ) );
 
   if (C4::Context->preference('ExtendedPatronAttributes')) {
     $extended_patron_attributes = parse_extended_patron_attributes($input);