diff --git a/app/components/work_package_relations_tab/relation_component.html.erb b/app/components/work_package_relations_tab/relation_component.html.erb
index 845b5cd6475a..b4cdd78822b4 100644
--- a/app/components/work_package_relations_tab/relation_component.html.erb
+++ b/app/components/work_package_relations_tab/relation_component.html.erb
@@ -66,8 +66,7 @@ flex_layout do |flex|
         end
         dates_row.with_column(mr: 3) do
           render(Primer::Beta::Text.new) do
-            "#{I18n.t("work_package_relations_tab.lag.title")}: #{I18n.t('datetime.distance_in_words.x_days',
-                                                                         count: relation.lag)}"
+            lag_as_text(relation.lag)
           end
         end
       end
@@ -95,8 +94,7 @@ flex_layout do |flex|
         end
         dates_row.with_column(mr: 1) do
           render(Primer::Beta::Text.new) do
-            "#{I18n.t("work_package_relations_tab.lag.title")}: #{I18n.t('datetime.distance_in_words.x_days',
-                                                                         count: relation.lag)}"
+            lag_as_text(relation.lag)
           end
         end
       end
diff --git a/app/components/work_package_relations_tab/relation_component.rb b/app/components/work_package_relations_tab/relation_component.rb
index 18305fceb005..2e3159517dcb 100644
--- a/app/components/work_package_relations_tab/relation_component.rb
+++ b/app/components/work_package_relations_tab/relation_component.rb
@@ -95,6 +95,10 @@ def destroy_path
     end
   end
 
+  def lag_as_text(lag)
+    "#{I18n.t('work_package_relations_tab.lag.subject')}: #{I18n.t('datetime.distance_in_words.x_days', count: lag)}"
+  end
+
   def action_menu_test_selector
     "op-relation-row-#{underlying_resource_id}-action-menu"
   end
diff --git a/app/components/work_package_relations_tab/work_package_relation_form_component.html.erb b/app/components/work_package_relations_tab/work_package_relation_form_component.html.erb
index fb5f19b82d3a..265c386fd474 100644
--- a/app/components/work_package_relations_tab/work_package_relation_form_component.html.erb
+++ b/app/components/work_package_relations_tab/work_package_relation_form_component.html.erb
@@ -63,7 +63,8 @@
             if lag_shown
               my_form.text_field(
                 name: :lag,
-                label: Relation.human_attribute_name(:lag),
+                type: :number,
+                label: I18n.t("work_package_relations_tab.lag.title"),
                 caption: I18n.t("work_package_relations_tab.lag.caption"),
                 input_width: :small,
               )
diff --git a/config/locales/en.yml b/config/locales/en.yml
index 387c253df5d9..354204222c66 100644
--- a/config/locales/en.yml
+++ b/config/locales/en.yml
@@ -717,7 +717,8 @@ en:
     label_edit_x: "Edit %{x}"
     label_add_description: "Add description"
     lag:
-      title: "Lag"
+      subject: "Lag"
+      title: "Lag (in days)"
       caption: "The gap in number of working days in between the two work packages"
     relations:
       label_relates_singular: "related to"