diff --git a/app/helpers/proposal_helper.rb b/app/helpers/proposal_helper.rb
index 4c947cd1..385a02d2 100644
--- a/app/helpers/proposal_helper.rb
+++ b/app/helpers/proposal_helper.rb
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ module ProposalHelper
     conference.event_types.map do |t|
       str += "if ($('select option:selected').text() == '#{t.title}') {\n"
       str += "str = '#{t.maximum_abstract_length}';\n"
+      str += "min_str = '#{t.minimum_abstract_length}';\n"
       str += "maxcount = #{t.maximum_abstract_length};\n"
       str += "}\n\n"
     end.join("\n")
diff --git a/app/views/proposal/_proposal_form.html.haml b/app/views/proposal/_proposal_form.html.haml
index 4abf83bd..77498e49 100644
--- a/app/views/proposal/_proposal_form.html.haml
+++ b/app/views/proposal/_proposal_form.html.haml
@@ -10,7 +10,10 @@
         :required => true, :label => "Session Abstract"
       You have used
       %span#abstract-count #{@event.abstract_word_count}
-      words.  Abstracts are limited to
+      words.  Abstracts must be between
+      %span#abstract-minimum-word-count
+        0
+      and
       %span#abstract-maximum-word-count
         250
       words.
@@ -41,8 +44,10 @@
 
   $("#event_event_type_id").change(function () {
     var str = "";
+    var min_str = ""
     #{generate_abstract_length_js @conference}
     $("#abstract-maximum-word-count").text(str);
+    $("#abstract-minimum-word-count").text(min_str);
     word_count($('#event_abstract').get(0), 'abstract-count', maxcount);
   })
   .trigger('change');