diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 557709a..bba0ec2 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
 /plugins/*
 !/plugins/README
 /public/dispatch.*
-/public/plugin_assets
+/public/plugin_assets/*
 /public/themes/*
 !/public/themes/alternate
 !/public/themes/classic
diff --git a/.hgignore b/.hgignore
index 953ecf8..a95140d 100644
--- a/.hgignore
+++ b/.hgignore
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ lib/redmine/scm/adapters/mercurial/redminehelper.pyo
 log/*.log*
 log/mongrel_debug
 public/dispatch.*
-public/plugin_assets
+public/plugin_assets/*
 tmp/*
 tmp/cache/*
 tmp/pdf/*
diff --git a/app/controllers/admin_controller.rb b/app/controllers/admin_controller.rb
index c2d464d..7147f62 100644
--- a/app/controllers/admin_controller.rb
+++ b/app/controllers/admin_controller.rb
@@ -76,7 +76,7 @@ class AdminController < ApplicationController
     @checklist = [
       [:text_default_administrator_account_changed, User.default_admin_account_changed?],
       [:text_file_repository_writable, File.writable?(Attachment.storage_path)],
-      [:text_plugin_assets_writable,   File.writable?(Redmine::Plugin.public_directory)],
+      ["#{l :text_plugin_assets_writable} (./public/plugin_assets)",   File.writable?(Redmine::Plugin.public_directory)],
       [:text_rmagick_available,        Object.const_defined?(:Magick)],
       [:text_convert_available,        Redmine::Thumbnail.convert_available?]
     ]
diff --git a/app/views/admin/info.html.erb b/app/views/admin/info.html.erb
index 3205a00..14d33ba 100644
--- a/app/views/admin/info.html.erb
+++ b/app/views/admin/info.html.erb
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 <table class="list">
 <% @checklist.each do |label, result| %>
   <tr class="<%= cycle 'odd', 'even' %>">
-    <td class="name"><%= l(label) %></td>
+    <td class="name"><%= label.is_a?(Symbol) ? l(label) : label %></td>
     <td class="tick"><%= image_tag((result ? 'true.png' : 'exclamation.png'),
                                     :style => "vertical-align:bottom;") %></td>
   </tr>
diff --git a/public/plugin_assets/empty b/public/plugin_assets/empty
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e69de29
--- /dev/null
+++ b/public/plugin_assets/empty