diff --git a/app/models/tag_adjustment.rb b/app/models/tag_adjustment.rb
index 8c26aa62d..aec115d09 100644
--- a/app/models/tag_adjustment.rb
+++ b/app/models/tag_adjustment.rb
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 class TagAdjustment < ApplicationRecord
   validates :tag_name, presence: true,
                        uniqueness: { scope: :article_id, message: I18n.t("models.tag_adjustment.unique") }
-  validates :reason_for_adjustment, presence: true
   validates :adjustment_type, inclusion: { in: %w[removal addition] }, presence: true
   validates :status, inclusion: { in: %w[committed pending committed_and_resolvable resolved] }, presence: true
   has_many :notifications, as: :notifiable, inverse_of: :notifiable, dependent: :delete_all
diff --git a/app/views/moderations/actions_panel.html.erb b/app/views/moderations/actions_panel.html.erb
index 7d80a6431..b08a1b7e3 100644
--- a/app/views/moderations/actions_panel.html.erb
+++ b/app/views/moderations/actions_panel.html.erb
@@ -137,7 +137,7 @@
           <% end %>
         <% end %>
         <form id="adjustment-reason-container" class="adjustment-reason-container">
-          <textarea class="crayons-textfield" placeholder="<%= t("views.moderations.actions.adjust.reason") %>" id="tag-adjustment-reason" required></textarea>
+          <textarea class="crayons-textfield" placeholder="<%= t("views.moderations.actions.adjust.reason") %>" id="tag-adjustment-reason"></textarea>
           <button class="crayons-btn" id="tag-adjust-submit" type="submit"><%= t("views.moderations.actions.adjust.submit") %></button>
         </form>
         <a href="<%= URL.url %>/tag-moderation#how-to-remove-or-add-tags" target="_blank" rel="noopener">
diff --git a/app/views/notifications/_tagadjustment.html.erb b/app/views/notifications/_tagadjustment.html.erb
index 9143904f9..7deb4e6d4 100644
--- a/app/views/notifications/_tagadjustment.html.erb
+++ b/app/views/notifications/_tagadjustment.html.erb
@@ -14,12 +14,14 @@
               title: link_to(h(data["article"]["title"]), data["article"]["path"]),
             ) %>
       </p>
-      <div class="crayons-card crayons-card--secondary p-4 mb-4">
-        <p class="color-base-70">
-          <strong><%= t("views.notifications.tag.reason") %></strong>
-          <em><%= data["reason_for_adjustment"] %></em>
-        </p>
-      </div>
+      <% if data["reason_for_adjustment"].present? %>
+        <div class="crayons-card crayons-card--secondary p-4 mb-4">
+          <p class="color-base-70">
+            <strong><%= t("views.notifications.tag.reason") %></strong>
+            <em><%= data["reason_for_adjustment"] %></em>
+          </p>
+        </div>
+      <% end %>
       <% if removal %>
         <p class="mb-2"><%= t("views.notifications.tag.check_html", other: link_to(t("views.notifications.tag.other"), "/tags")) %></p>
       <% end %>
diff --git a/config/locales/views/moderations/en.yml b/config/locales/views/moderations/en.yml
index b6218fa37..1538d8a77 100644
--- a/config/locales/views/moderations/en.yml
+++ b/config/locales/views/moderations/en.yml
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ en:
           icon: Adjust tags
           add: Add tag
           add_placeholder: Add a tag
-          reason: Reason for tag adjustment
+          reason: Reason for tag adjustment (optional)
           remove: Remove tag
           submit: Submit
         approve:
diff --git a/config/locales/views/moderations/fr.yml b/config/locales/views/moderations/fr.yml
index 7e0e552fc..f912359d4 100644
--- a/config/locales/views/moderations/fr.yml
+++ b/config/locales/views/moderations/fr.yml
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ fr:
           icon: Adjust tags
           add: Add tag
           add_placeholder: Add a tag
-          reason: Reason for tag adjustment
+          reason: Reason for tag adjustment (optional)
           remove: Remove tag
           submit: Submit
         approve:
diff --git a/cypress/e2e/seededFlows/moderationFlows/adjustPostTags.spec.js b/cypress/e2e/seededFlows/moderationFlows/adjustPostTags.spec.js
index 357c4130e..b99f8e222 100644
--- a/cypress/e2e/seededFlows/moderationFlows/adjustPostTags.spec.js
+++ b/cypress/e2e/seededFlows/moderationFlows/adjustPostTags.spec.js
@@ -18,7 +18,9 @@ describe('Adjust post tags', () => {
       cy.getIframeBody('.actions-panel-iframe').within(() => {
         cy.findByRole('button', { name: 'Open adjust tags section' }).click();
         cy.findByPlaceholderText('Add a tag').type('tag2');
-        cy.findByPlaceholderText('Reason for tag adjustment').type('testing');
+        cy.findByPlaceholderText('Reason for tag adjustment (optional)').type(
+          'testing',
+        );
         cy.findByRole('button', { name: 'Submit' }).click();
       });
 
@@ -36,7 +38,9 @@ describe('Adjust post tags', () => {
 
       cy.getIframeBody('.actions-panel-iframe').within(() => {
         cy.findByRole('button', { name: 'Open adjust tags section' }).click();
-        cy.findByPlaceholderText('Reason for tag adjustment').type('testing');
+        cy.findByPlaceholderText('Reason for tag adjustment (optional)').type(
+          'testing',
+        );
         cy.findByRole('button', { name: '#tag1 Remove tag' }).click();
 
         cy.findByRole('button', { name: 'Submit' }).click();
@@ -84,7 +88,9 @@ describe('Adjust post tags', () => {
       cy.getIframeBody('.actions-panel-iframe').within(() => {
         cy.findByRole('button', { name: 'Open adjust tags section' }).click();
         cy.findByPlaceholderText('Add a tag').type('tag2');
-        cy.findByPlaceholderText('Reason for tag adjustment').type('testing');
+        cy.findByPlaceholderText('Reason for tag adjustment (optional)').type(
+          'testing',
+        );
         cy.findByRole('button', { name: 'Submit' }).click();
       });
 
@@ -102,7 +108,9 @@ describe('Adjust post tags', () => {
 
       cy.getIframeBody('.actions-panel-iframe').within(() => {
         cy.findByRole('button', { name: 'Open adjust tags section' }).click();
-        cy.findByPlaceholderText('Reason for tag adjustment').type('testing');
+        cy.findByPlaceholderText('Reason for tag adjustment (optional)').type(
+          'testing',
+        );
         cy.findByRole('button', { name: '#tag1 Remove tag' }).click();
 
         cy.findByRole('button', { name: 'Submit' }).click();
@@ -144,7 +152,9 @@ describe('Adjust post tags', () => {
           .should('have.attr', 'aria-expanded', 'true');
 
         cy.findByPlaceholderText('Add a tag').type('tag2');
-        cy.findByPlaceholderText('Reason for tag adjustment').type('testing');
+        cy.findByPlaceholderText('Reason for tag adjustment (optional)').type(
+          'testing',
+        );
         cy.findByRole('button', { name: 'Submit' }).click();
       });
 
@@ -168,7 +178,9 @@ describe('Adjust post tags', () => {
           .pipe(click)
           .should('have.attr', 'aria-expanded', 'true');
 
-        cy.findByPlaceholderText('Reason for tag adjustment').type('testing');
+        cy.findByPlaceholderText('Reason for tag adjustment (optional)').type(
+          'testing',
+        );
         cy.findByRole('button', { name: '#tag1 Remove tag' }).click();
 
         cy.findByRole('button', { name: 'Submit' }).click();
diff --git a/spec/requests/tag_adjustments_spec.rb b/spec/requests/tag_adjustments_spec.rb
index 1151e5043..4993427ea 100644
--- a/spec/requests/tag_adjustments_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/requests/tag_adjustments_spec.rb
@@ -8,7 +8,6 @@ RSpec.describe "TagAdjustments", type: :request do
     {
       tag_name: tag.name,
       article_id: article.id,
-      reason_for_adjustment: "Test #{rand(100)}",
       adjustment_type: "removal"
     }
   end
diff --git a/spec/services/tag_adjustment_creation_service_spec.rb b/spec/services/tag_adjustment_creation_service_spec.rb
index 8aff352e5..38699f930 100644
--- a/spec/services/tag_adjustment_creation_service_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/services/tag_adjustment_creation_service_spec.rb
@@ -12,7 +12,6 @@ RSpec.describe TagAdjustmentCreationService, type: :service do
       status: "committed",
       tag_name: tag.name,
       article_id: article.id,
-      reason_for_adjustment: "Test",
     )
   end
 
diff --git a/spec/services/tag_adjustment_update_service_spec.rb b/spec/services/tag_adjustment_update_service_spec.rb
index 21a4d3bfc..7b41ce8dc 100644
--- a/spec/services/tag_adjustment_update_service_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/services/tag_adjustment_update_service_spec.rb
@@ -12,7 +12,6 @@ RSpec.describe TagAdjustmentUpdateService, type: :service do
       status: "committed",
       tag_name: tag.name,
       article_id: article.id,
-      reason_for_adjustment: "reasons",
     )
   end