diff --git a/languages/en_us/Vtiger.php b/languages/en_us/Vtiger.php
index a2940edfe56bd8662dd212145fd6f97fcb6d6a71..02418eab4d89913166e7dbc9a676e735fd62b35b 100644
--- a/languages/en_us/Vtiger.php
+++ b/languages/en_us/Vtiger.php
@@ -182,6 +182,8 @@ $languageStrings = array(
 	'LBL_NO_COMMENTS' => 'No comments',
 	'LBL_REPLIES' => 'replies',
 	'LBL_REPLY_ALL' => 'Reply all',
+	'LBL_INTERNAL_COMMENT_TOOTLTIP' => 'Customers cannot see this comment',
+	'LBL_EXTERNAL_COMMENT_TOOTLTIP' => 'Customers might see this comment via notifications or customer portal',
 
 	//Translation for all modules
 	'Accounts' => 'Organizations',
diff --git a/layouts/v7/modules/Vtiger/RecentComments.tpl b/layouts/v7/modules/Vtiger/RecentComments.tpl
index 86c1f803eecf1d27add84eb8bb55d48d8856b0c6..19e99f5ac13682275e47877364b9103d30963cca 100644
--- a/layouts/v7/modules/Vtiger/RecentComments.tpl
+++ b/layouts/v7/modules/Vtiger/RecentComments.tpl
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@
 							{if in_array($MODULE_NAME, $PRIVATE_COMMENT_MODULES)}
 								<div class="" style="margin: 7px 0;">
 									<label>
-										<input type="checkbox" id="is_private" style="margin:2px 0px -2px 0px">&nbsp;&nbsp;{vtranslate('LBL_INTERNAL_COMMENT')}
+										<input type="checkbox" id="is_private" style="margin:2px 0px -2px 0px" checked>&nbsp;&nbsp;{vtranslate('LBL_INTERNAL_COMMENT')}
 									</label>&nbsp;&nbsp;
 									<i class="fa fa-question-circle cursorPointer" data-toggle="tooltip" data-placement="top" data-original-title="{vtranslate('LBL_INTERNAL_COMMENT_INFO')}"></i>&nbsp;&nbsp;
 								</div>
@@ -107,8 +107,18 @@
 												{/if}
 												<span class="commentTime text-muted cursorDefault">
 													<small title="{Vtiger_Util_Helper::formatDateTimeIntoDayString($COMMENT->getCommentedTime())}">{Vtiger_Util_Helper::formatDateDiffInStrings($COMMENT->getCommentedTime())}</small>
-												</span>
-
+												</span>&nbsp;&nbsp;
+												
+												{if in_array($MODULE_NAME, $PRIVATE_COMMENT_MODULES)}
+													<span>
+														{if $COMMENT->get('is_private')}
+															<i class="fa fa-lock" data-toggle="tooltip" data-placement="top" data-original-title="{vtranslate('LBL_INTERNAL_COMMENT_TOOTLTIP',$MODULE)}"></i>
+														{else}
+															<i class="fa fa-unlock" data-toggle="tooltip" data-placement="top" data-original-title="{vtranslate('LBL_EXTERNAL_COMMENT_TOOTLTIP',$MODULE)}"></i>
+														{/if}
+													</span>
+												{/if}
+												
 												<div class="commentInfoContentBlock">
 													{assign var=COMMENT_CONTENT value={nl2br($COMMENT->get('commentcontent'))}}
 													{if $COMMENT_CONTENT}
@@ -213,7 +223,7 @@
 			{if in_array($MODULE_NAME, $PRIVATE_COMMENT_MODULES)}
 				<div class="checkbox">
 					<label>
-						<input type="checkbox" id="is_private">&nbsp;&nbsp;{vtranslate('LBL_INTERNAL_COMMENT')}&nbsp;&nbsp;
+						<input type="checkbox" id="is_private" checked>&nbsp;&nbsp;{vtranslate('LBL_INTERNAL_COMMENT')}&nbsp;&nbsp;
 					</label>
 				</div>
 			{/if}
diff --git a/pkg/vtiger/translations/MexicanSpanishLanguagePack_es_mx/modules/Vtiger.php b/pkg/vtiger/translations/MexicanSpanishLanguagePack_es_mx/modules/Vtiger.php
index d1b33bdf609e6d7b470771b01cbd279bfb20763d..df01cde4963cf1827a816bafc12314dd251f1b63 100644
--- a/pkg/vtiger/translations/MexicanSpanishLanguagePack_es_mx/modules/Vtiger.php
+++ b/pkg/vtiger/translations/MexicanSpanishLanguagePack_es_mx/modules/Vtiger.php
@@ -120,6 +120,8 @@ $languageStrings = array(
 	'LBL_NO_COMMENTS'              => 'Sin comentarios'             , 
 	'LBL_REPLIES'                  => 'Respuestas'                  , 
     'LBL_REPLY_ALL'                => 'Responder a todos'           ,
+    'LBL_INTERNAL_COMMENT_TOOTLTIP' => 'El cliente no puede ver este comentario',
+    'LBL_EXTERNAL_COMMENT_TOOTLTIP' => 'El cliente podría llegar a ver este comentario a través de notificaciones o del portal de clientes',
 	'Accounts'                     => 'Cuenta'                     ,
 	'Assets'                       => 'Activos'                     , 
 	'Calendar'                     => 'Calendario'                  ,