diff --git a/client/src/app/site/motions/modules/motion-detail/components/amendment-create-wizard/amendment-create-wizard.component.html b/client/src/app/site/motions/modules/motion-detail/components/amendment-create-wizard/amendment-create-wizard.component.html
index b444876fb..3044e8108 100644
--- a/client/src/app/site/motions/modules/motion-detail/components/amendment-create-wizard/amendment-create-wizard.component.html
+++ b/client/src/app/site/motions/modules/motion-detail/components/amendment-create-wizard/amendment-create-wizard.component.html
@@ -46,32 +46,18 @@
         <mat-step>
             <ng-template matStepLabel>{{ 'Change paragraph' | translate }}</ng-template>
 
-            <h3><span translate>Amendment text</span>&nbsp;<span>*</span></h3>
+            <h3><span translate>Amendment text</span></h3>
 
             <!-- Text -->
             <section *ngFor="let paragraph of contentForm.value.selectedParagraphs">
-                <h4 [class.red-warning-text]="contentForm.get('text_' + paragraph.paragraphNo).invalid && (
-                        contentForm.get('text_' + paragraph.paragraphNo).dirty ||
-                        contentForm.get('text_' + paragraph.paragraphNo).touched
-                    )"
-                >
+                <h4>
                     <span *ngIf="paragraph.lineFrom >= paragraph.lineTo - 1" class="line-number">
-                        {{ 'Line' | translate }} {{ paragraph.lineFrom }}</span>&nbsp;<span>*</span>
+                        {{ 'Line' | translate }} {{ paragraph.lineFrom }}:</span>
                     <span *ngIf="paragraph.lineFrom < paragraph.lineTo - 1" class="line-number">
                         {{ 'Line' | translate }} {{ paragraph.lineFrom }}
-                        - {{ paragraph.lineTo - 1 }}</span>&nbsp;<span>*</span>
+                        - {{ paragraph.lineTo - 1 }}:</span>
                 </h4>
-                <editor [formControlName]="'text_' + paragraph.paragraphNo" [init]="tinyMceSettings" required></editor>
-                <div
-                    *ngIf="contentForm.get('text_' + paragraph.paragraphNo).invalid && (
-                        contentForm.get('text_' + paragraph.paragraphNo).dirty ||
-                        contentForm.get('text_' + paragraph.paragraphNo).touched
-                    )"
-                    class="red-warning-text"
-                    translate
-                >
-                    This field is required.
-                </div>
+                <editor [formControlName]="'text_' + paragraph.paragraphNo" [init]="tinyMceSettings"></editor>
             </section>
 
             <!-- Reason -->
diff --git a/client/src/app/site/motions/modules/motion-detail/components/motion-detail/motion-detail.component.html b/client/src/app/site/motions/modules/motion-detail/components/motion-detail/motion-detail.component.html
index b5d7f8c51..3087ea11b 100644
--- a/client/src/app/site/motions/modules/motion-detail/components/motion-detail/motion-detail.component.html
+++ b/client/src/app/site/motions/modules/motion-detail/components/motion-detail/motion-detail.component.html
@@ -645,15 +645,14 @@
         <!-- The HTML Editor for paragraph-based amendments -->
         <ng-container *ngIf="motion && editMotion && motion.isParagraphBasedAmendment()">
             <section *ngFor="let paragraph of contentForm.value.selected_paragraphs">
-                <h4>
+                <h3>
                     <span *ngIf="paragraph.lineFrom >= paragraph.lineTo - 1" class="line-number">
-                        {{ 'Line' | translate }} {{ paragraph.lineFrom }}</span
-                    >
+                        {{ 'Line' | translate }} {{ paragraph.lineFrom }}
+                    </span>
                     <span *ngIf="paragraph.lineFrom < paragraph.lineTo - 1" class="line-number">
-                        {{ 'Line' | translate }} {{ paragraph.lineFrom }} - {{ paragraph.lineTo - 1 }}</span
-                    >&nbsp;
-                    <span>*</span>
-                </h4>
+                        {{ 'Line' | translate }} {{ paragraph.lineFrom }} - {{ paragraph.lineTo - 1 }}
+                    </span>
+                </h3>
                 <editor [formControlName]="'text_' + paragraph.paragraphNo" [init]="tinyMceSettings" required></editor>
                 <div
                     *ngIf="
@@ -840,13 +839,13 @@
                 *ngIf="paragraph.diffLineTo === paragraph.diffLineFrom + 1 && !showAmendmentContext"
                 class="amendment-line-header"
             >
-                <span translate>Line</span> {{ paragraph.diffLineFrom }}:
+                {{ 'Line' | translate }} {{ paragraph.diffLineFrom }}:
             </h3>
             <h3
                 *ngIf="paragraph.diffLineTo !== paragraph.diffLineFrom + 1 && !showAmendmentContext"
                 class="amendment-line-header"
             >
-                <span translate>Line</span> {{ paragraph.diffLineFrom }} - {{ paragraph.diffLineTo - 1 }}:
+                {{ 'Line' | translate }} {{ paragraph.diffLineFrom }} - {{ paragraph.diffLineTo - 1 }}:
             </h3>
 
             <div class="paragraphcontext" [innerHtml]="sanitizedText(paragraph.textPre)"></div>
diff --git a/client/src/app/site/motions/modules/motion-detail/components/motion-detail/motion-detail.component.scss b/client/src/app/site/motions/modules/motion-detail/components/motion-detail/motion-detail.component.scss
index d90e267b3..8e05e26bb 100644
--- a/client/src/app/site/motions/modules/motion-detail/components/motion-detail/motion-detail.component.scss
+++ b/client/src/app/site/motions/modules/motion-detail/components/motion-detail/motion-detail.component.scss
@@ -77,6 +77,10 @@ span {
     }
 }
 
+.amendment-line-header {
+    font-style: italic;
+}
+
 .motion-content {
     h4 {
         margin: 10px 10px 15px 0;
diff --git a/client/src/app/site/motions/modules/motion-detail/components/motion-detail/motion-detail.component.ts b/client/src/app/site/motions/modules/motion-detail/components/motion-detail/motion-detail.component.ts
index 31834e366..88ca0ef9f 100644
--- a/client/src/app/site/motions/modules/motion-detail/components/motion-detail/motion-detail.component.ts
+++ b/client/src/app/site/motions/modules/motion-detail/components/motion-detail/motion-detail.component.ts
@@ -656,7 +656,7 @@ export class MotionDetailComponent extends BaseViewComponent implements OnInit,
 
                 paragraphsToChoose.forEach(
                     (paragraph: ParagraphToChoose, paragraphNo: number): void => {
-                        if (formMotion.amendment_paragraphs[paragraphNo]) {
+                        if (formMotion.amendment_paragraphs[paragraphNo] !== null) {
                             this.contentForm.addControl(
                                 'text_' + paragraphNo,
                                 new FormControl('', Validators.required)
diff --git a/openslides/motions/serializers.py b/openslides/motions/serializers.py
index dec7f268e..f885083c8 100644
--- a/openslides/motions/serializers.py
+++ b/openslides/motions/serializers.py
@@ -401,7 +401,8 @@ class MotionSerializer(ModelSerializer):
     modified_final_version = CharField(allow_blank=True, required=False)
     reason = CharField(allow_blank=True, required=False)
     state_restriction = SerializerMethodField()
-    text = CharField(allow_blank=True)
+    text = CharField(allow_blank=True, required=False)  # This will be checked
+    # during validation
     title = CharField(max_length=255)
     amendment_paragraphs = AmendmentParagraphsJSONSerializerField(required=False)
     workflow_id = IntegerField(
@@ -472,6 +473,7 @@ class MotionSerializer(ModelSerializer):
         if "reason" in data:
             data["reason"] = validate_html(data["reason"])
 
+        # The motion text is only needed, if it is not a paragraph based amendment.
         if "amendment_paragraphs" in data:
             data["amendment_paragraphs"] = list(
                 map(
@@ -483,7 +485,9 @@ class MotionSerializer(ModelSerializer):
             )
             data["text"] = ""
         else:
-            if "text" in data and not data["text"]:
+            if (self.partial and "text" in data and not data["text"]) or (
+                not self.partial and not data.get("text")
+            ):
                 raise ValidationError({"detail": "The text field may not be blank."})
         if config["motions_reason_required"]:
             if (self.partial and "reason" in data and not data["reason"]) or (
diff --git a/tests/integration/motions/test_viewset.py b/tests/integration/motions/test_viewset.py
index 01d691908..6231c7586 100644
--- a/tests/integration/motions/test_viewset.py
+++ b/tests/integration/motions/test_viewset.py
@@ -266,9 +266,15 @@ class CreateMotion(TestCase):
     def test_without_data(self):
         response = self.client.post(reverse("motion-list"), {})
         self.assertEqual(response.status_code, status.HTTP_400_BAD_REQUEST)
+        self.assertTrue("title" in response.data)
+
+    def test_without_text(self):
+        response = self.client.post(
+            reverse("motion-list"), {"title": "test_title_dlofp23m9O(ZD2d1lwHG"}
+        )
+        self.assertEqual(response.status_code, status.HTTP_400_BAD_REQUEST)
         self.assertEqual(
-            response.data,
-            {"title": ["This field is required."], "text": ["This field is required."]},
+            str(response.data["detail"][0]), "The text field may not be blank."
         )
 
     def test_with_category(self):
@@ -569,6 +575,14 @@ class UpdateMotion(TestCase):
         self.assertEqual(motion.title, "test_title_aeng7ahChie3waiR8xoh")
         self.assertEqual(motion.identifier, "test_identifier_jieseghohj7OoSah1Ko9")
 
+    def test_patch_empty_text(self):
+        response = self.client.patch(
+            reverse("motion-detail", args=[self.motion.pk]), {"text": ""}, format="json"
+        )
+        self.assertEqual(response.status_code, status.HTTP_400_BAD_REQUEST)
+        motion = Motion.objects.get()
+        self.assertEqual(motion.text, "test_text_xeigheeha7thopubeu4U")
+
     def test_patch_workflow(self):
         """
         Tests to only update the workflow of a motion.