diff --git a/application/helpers/common_helper.php b/application/helpers/common_helper.php
index 3818607c691..0623e2a8f7c 100644
--- a/application/helpers/common_helper.php
+++ b/application/helpers/common_helper.php
@@ -3265,7 +3265,7 @@ function questionAttributes($returnByName=false)
     'category'=>$clang->gT('Display'),
     'sortorder'=>120,
     'inputtype'=>'text',
-    "help"=>$clang->gT('Post-Answer-Separator|Inter-Dropdownlist-Separator for dropdown lists'),
+    "help"=>$clang->gT('Text shown on each subquestion row between both scales in dropdown mode'),
     "caption"=>$clang->gT('Dropdown separator'));
 
     $qattributes["dualscale_headerA"]=array(
diff --git a/application/helpers/qanda_helper.php b/application/helpers/qanda_helper.php
index ec0e8f1b497..663cba8dc25 100644
--- a/application/helpers/qanda_helper.php
+++ b/application/helpers/qanda_helper.php
@@ -6431,12 +6431,15 @@ function do_array_dual($ia)
                 $ddsuffix='';
             }
             if (trim($aQuestionAttributes['dropdown_separators'])!='') {
-                list ($postanswSep, $interddSep) =explode('|',$aQuestionAttributes['dropdown_separators']);
-                $postanswSep = $postanswSep;// Not used, nether in 2.0 or 1.92: category ?
-                $interddSep = $interddSep;// it's in seperator .... replace by $rigth/center like before are the best solution
+                $aSeparator =explode('|',$aQuestionAttributes['dropdown_separators']);
+                if (isset($aSeparator[1])) {
+                    $interddSep=$aSeparator[1];
+                } 
+                else {
+                    $interddSep=$aSeparator[0];
+                }
             }
             else {
-                $postanswSep = '';
                 $interddSep = '';
             }
             $colspan_1 = '';