diff --git a/js/admin-products.js b/js/admin-products.js
index 5ade004eb..4e7bdb0e6 100644
--- a/js/admin-products.js
+++ b/js/admin-products.js
@@ -256,6 +256,11 @@ function displayTabProductById(id, selected, index, stack)
 			$("#product-tab-content-"+id).trigger('loaded');
 			if (stack && stack[index + 1])
 				displayTabProductById(stack[index + 1], selected, index + 1, stack);
+		},
+		beforeSend : function(data)
+		{
+			// don't display the loading notification bar
+			clearTimeout(ajax_running_timeout);
 		}
 	});
 }
diff --git a/js/admin.js b/js/admin.js
index 5b9208400..70e7f73cd 100644
--- a/js/admin.js
+++ b/js/admin.js
@@ -1058,6 +1058,16 @@ function stripHTML(oldString)
 	return newString;
 }
 
+/**
+ * Display a loading bar while an ajax call is ongoing.
+ *
+ * To prevent the loading bar display for a specific ajax call, set the beforeSend event in your ajax declaration:
+ * 		beforeSend : function(data)
+ 		{
+ 			// don't display the loading notification bar
+ 			clearTimeout(ajax_running_timeout);
+ 		}
+ */
 function showAjaxOverlay()
 {
 	$('#ajax_running').slideDown('fast');