diff --git a/src/util/data.js b/src/util/data.js
index c0ab0574..abc53ce0 100644
--- a/src/util/data.js
+++ b/src/util/data.js
@@ -277,7 +277,7 @@ export const userDisplayNameAsString = (user, defaultUserDisplayName) => {
  */
 export const userDisplayName = (user, bannedUserDisplayName) => {
   console.warn(
-    `Function userDisplayName is deprecated! 
+    `Function userDisplayName is deprecated!
 User function userDisplayNameAsString or component UserDisplayName instead.`
   );
 
@@ -333,3 +333,21 @@ export const overrideArrays = (objValue, srcValue, key, object, source, stack) =
     return srcValue;
   }
 };
+
+/**
+ * Humanizes a line item code. Strips the "line-item/" namespace
+ * definition from the beginnign, replaces dashes with spaces and
+ * capitalizes the first character.
+ *
+ * @param {string} code a line item code
+ *
+ * @return {string} returns the line item code humanized
+ */
+export const humanizeLineItemCode = code => {
+  if (!/^line-item\/.+/.test(code)) {
+    throw new Error(`Invalid line item code: ${code}`);
+  }
+  const lowercase = code.replace(/^line-item\//, '').replace(/-/g, ' ');
+
+  return lowercase.charAt(0).toUpperCase() + lowercase.slice(1);
+};
diff --git a/src/util/data.test.js b/src/util/data.test.js
index f19e5e73..189817fa 100644
--- a/src/util/data.test.js
+++ b/src/util/data.test.js
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ import {
   denormalisedEntities,
   arrayToFormValues,
   formValuesToArray,
+  humanizeLineItemCode,
 } from './data';
 
 const { UUID } = sdkTypes;
@@ -329,3 +330,21 @@ describe('data utils', () => {
     });
   });
 });
+
+describe('humanizeLineItemCode', () => {
+  it('should humanize a line item code', () => {
+    expect(humanizeLineItemCode('line-item/new-line-item')).toEqual('New line item');
+  });
+
+  it('should capitalize a one word code', () => {
+    expect(humanizeLineItemCode('line-item/booking')).toEqual('Booking');
+  });
+
+  it('should reject a code with missing namespace', () => {
+    expect(() => humanizeLineItemCode('new-line-item')).toThrowError(Error);
+  });
+
+  it('should reject a code with missing code value', () => {
+    expect(() => humanizeLineItemCode('line-item/')).toThrowError(Error);
+  });
+});