diff --git a/DistFiles/Language Explorer/Configuration/Parts/Morphology.fwlayout b/DistFiles/Language Explorer/Configuration/Parts/Morphology.fwlayout
index e0cc3c6bc4..8ff98db609 100644
--- a/DistFiles/Language Explorer/Configuration/Parts/Morphology.fwlayout	
+++ b/DistFiles/Language Explorer/Configuration/Parts/Morphology.fwlayout	
@@ -285,7 +285,7 @@
 		</part>
 		<part ref="DescriptionAllA">
 		</part>
-		<part ref="ShowInGloss" label="Use Abbreviation as label"  abbr="sig"/>
+		<part ref="ShowInGloss" label="Use Abbreviation for value"  abbr="sig"/>
 	</layout>
 
 	<layout class="FsClosedFeature" type="detail" name="Edit">
@@ -311,7 +311,7 @@
 		</part>
 		<part ref="DescriptionAllA">
 		</part>
-		<part ref="ShowInGloss" label="Use Abbreviation as label" abbr="sig"/>
+		<part ref="ShowInGloss" label="Use Abbreviation for value" abbr="sig"/>
 	</layout>
 
   <layout class="FsClosedFeature" type="detail" name="PhonEdit">
diff --git a/DistFiles/Language Explorer/Configuration/Parts/MorphologyParts.xml b/DistFiles/Language Explorer/Configuration/Parts/MorphologyParts.xml
index a7808eb190..707f35877c 100644
--- a/DistFiles/Language Explorer/Configuration/Parts/MorphologyParts.xml	
+++ b/DistFiles/Language Explorer/Configuration/Parts/MorphologyParts.xml	
@@ -1980,6 +1980,9 @@
 		<part id="FsFeatDefn-Detail-ShowInGloss" type="Detail">
 			<slice field="ShowInGloss" label="ShowInGloss" editor="Checkbox" tooltip="When displaying the values for this feature, include a label (the Feature Abbreviation) as well"/>
 		</part>
+		<part id="FsSymFeatVal-Detail-ShowInGloss" type="Detail">
+			<slice field="ShowInGloss" label="ShowInGloss" editor="Checkbox" tooltip="Display this feature value as its Abbreviation (instead of as its Name)"/>
+		</part>
 	</bin>
 	<bin class="FsComplexFeature">
 		<part id="FsComplexFeature-Jt-SpecialNote" type="jtview">
diff --git a/Src/FdoUi/FdoUiCore.cs b/Src/FdoUi/FdoUiCore.cs
index 91c6c18497..44487532a7 100644
--- a/Src/FdoUi/FdoUiCore.cs
+++ b/Src/FdoUi/FdoUiCore.cs
@@ -431,6 +431,11 @@ internal static CmObjectUi DefaultCreateNewUiObject(Mediator mediator, int class
 			{
 				int newHvo = cache.DomainDataByFlid.MakeNewObject(classId, hvoOwner, flid, insertionPosition);
 				newUiObj = MakeUi(cache, newHvo, classId);
+				if (newUiObj?.Object is IFsSymFeatVal featVal)
+				{
+					// Default to Use Abbreviation for value.
+					featVal.ShowInGloss = true;
+				}
 			});
 			return newUiObj;
 		}