diff --git a/course_reserves/add_items.pl b/course_reserves/add_items.pl
index ff398b995a..42416b3a63 100755
--- a/course_reserves/add_items.pl
+++ b/course_reserves/add_items.pl
@@ -40,6 +40,7 @@ my $course_id    = $cgi->param('course_id')    || '';
 my $barcode      = $cgi->param('barcode')      || '';
 my $return       = $cgi->param('return')       || '';
 my $itemnumber   = ($cgi->param('itemnumber') && $action eq 'lookup') ? $cgi->param('itemnumber') : '';
+my $is_edit      = $cgi->param('is_edit')      || '';
 
 my $item = Koha::Items->find( { ( $itemnumber ? ( itemnumber => $itemnumber ) : ( barcode => $barcode ) ) } );
 my $title = ($item) ? $item->biblio->title : undef;
@@ -79,6 +80,7 @@ if ( $action eq 'lookup' and $item ) {
         biblio         => $item->biblio,
         course_item    => $course_item,
         course_reserve => $course_reserve,
+        is_edit        => $is_edit,
 
         ccodes    => GetAuthorisedValues('CCODE'),
         locations => GetAuthorisedValues('LOC'),
diff --git a/koha-tmpl/intranet-tmpl/prog/en/modules/course_reserves/add_items-step2.tt b/koha-tmpl/intranet-tmpl/prog/en/modules/course_reserves/add_items-step2.tt
index 669be49ced..4646c85123 100644
--- a/koha-tmpl/intranet-tmpl/prog/en/modules/course_reserves/add_items-step2.tt
+++ b/koha-tmpl/intranet-tmpl/prog/en/modules/course_reserves/add_items-step2.tt
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [% USE Branches %]
 [% INCLUDE 'doc-head-open.inc' %]
-<title>Koha &rsaquo; Course reserves &rsaquo; Add items</title>
+<title>Koha &rsaquo; Course reserves &rsaquo;[% IF is_edit %] Edit item[% ELSE %]Add items[% END %]</title>
 [% INCLUDE 'doc-head-close.inc' %]
 </head>
 
@@ -9,13 +9,13 @@
 [% INCLUDE 'header.inc' %]
 [% INCLUDE 'cat-search.inc' %]
 
-<div id="breadcrumbs"><a href="/cgi-bin/koha/mainpage.pl">Home</a> &rsaquo; <a href="/cgi-bin/koha/course_reserves/course-reserves.pl">Course reserves</a> &rsaquo; Reserve <i><a href="/cgi-bin/koha/catalogue/detail.pl?biblionumber=[% biblio.biblionumber | html %]">[% biblio.title | html %]</a></i> for <i><a href="/cgi-bin/koha/course_reserves/course-details.pl?course_id=[% course.course_id | html %]">[% course.course_name | html %]</a></i></div>
+<div id="breadcrumbs"><a href="/cgi-bin/koha/mainpage.pl">Home</a> &rsaquo; <a href="/cgi-bin/koha/course_reserves/course-reserves.pl">Course reserves</a> &rsaquo;[% IF is_edit %] Edit [% ELSE %] Reserve [% END %]<i><a href="/cgi-bin/koha/catalogue/detail.pl?biblionumber=[% biblio.biblionumber | html %]">[% biblio.title | html %]</a></i> for <i><a href="/cgi-bin/koha/course_reserves/course-details.pl?course_id=[% course.course_id | html %]">[% course.course_name | html %]</a></i></div>
 
 <div class="main container-fluid">
     <div class="row">
         <div class="col-md-8 col-md-offset-2">
 
-        [% IF course_reserve %]<div class="dialog message" id="already_on_reserve_this">This course already has this item on reserve.</div>[% END %]
+        [% IF course_reserve && !is_edit%]<div class="dialog message" id="already_on_reserve_this">This course already has this item on reserve.</div>[% END %]
         [% IF course_item %]<div class="dialog message" id="already_on_reserve">Number of courses reserving this item: [% course_item.course_reserves.size | html %]</div>[% END %]
 
         <form method="post" action="/cgi-bin/koha/course_reserves/add_items.pl">
@@ -24,7 +24,11 @@
             <input type="hidden" name="action" value="add" />
 
             <fieldset class="rows">
-                <legend>Add <i>[% biblio.title | html %]</i> to <i>[% course.course_name | html %]</i></legend>
+                [% IF is_edit || course_reserve %]
+                    <legend>Edit <i>[% biblio.title | html %]</i> in <i>[% course.course_name | html %]</i></legend>
+                [% ELSE %]
+                    <legend>Add <i>[% biblio.title | html %]</i> to <i>[% course.course_name | html %]</i></legend>
+                [% END %]
                 <ol>
                     <li>
                         <span class="label">Barcode:</span>
diff --git a/koha-tmpl/intranet-tmpl/prog/en/modules/course_reserves/course-details.tt b/koha-tmpl/intranet-tmpl/prog/en/modules/course_reserves/course-details.tt
index 931a355d5c..4bf33bba8b 100644
--- a/koha-tmpl/intranet-tmpl/prog/en/modules/course_reserves/course-details.tt
+++ b/koha-tmpl/intranet-tmpl/prog/en/modules/course_reserves/course-details.tt
@@ -196,7 +196,7 @@
                             [% IF CAN_user_coursereserves_add_reserves || CAN_user_coursereserves_delete_reserves %]
                                 <td class="actions">
                                     [% IF CAN_user_coursereserves_add_reserves %]
-                                        <a class="btn btn-default btn-xs" href="add_items.pl?course_id=[% course.course_id | html %]&amp;itemnumber=[% cr.item.itemnumber | html %]&amp;action=lookup&amp;return=[% course.course_id | html %]"><i class="fa fa-pencil"></i> Edit</a>
+                                        <a class="btn btn-default btn-xs" href="add_items.pl?course_id=[% course.course_id | html %]&amp;itemnumber=[% cr.item.itemnumber | html %]&amp;action=lookup&amp;return=[% course.course_id | html %]&amp;is_edit=1"><i class="fa fa-pencil"></i> Edit</a>
                                     [% END %]
 
                                     [% IF CAN_user_coursereserves_delete_reserves %]