diff --git a/dashboard/src/components/BackupScheduleDialog.vue b/dashboard/src/components/BackupScheduleDialog.vue
index e08242435..54e31d02f 100644
--- a/dashboard/src/components/BackupScheduleDialog.vue
+++ b/dashboard/src/components/BackupScheduleDialog.vue
@@ -8,31 +8,6 @@ const emit = defineEmits([ 'success' ]);
 
 const backupSitesModel = BackupSitesModel.create();
 
-const backupRetentions = [
-  { name: '2 days', id: { keepWithinSecs: 2 * 24 * 60 * 60 }},
-  { name: '1 week', id: { keepWithinSecs: 7 * 24 * 60 * 60 }}, // default
-  { name: '1 month', id: { keepWithinSecs: 30 * 24 * 60 * 60 }},
-  { name: '3 months', id: { keepWithinSecs: 3 * 30 * 24 * 60 * 60 }},
-  { name: '2 daily, 4 weekly', id: { keepDaily: 2, keepWeekly: 4 }},
-  { name: '3 daily, 4 weekly, 6 monthly', id: { keepDaily: 3, keepWeekly: 4, keepMonthly: 6 }},
-  { name: '7 daily, 4 weekly, 12 monthly', id: { keepDaily: 7, keepWeekly: 4, keepMonthly: 12 }},
-  { name: 'Forever', id: { keepWithinSecs: -1 }}
-];
-
-// values correspond to cron days
-const cronDays = [
-  { id: 0, name: 'Sunday' },
-  { id: 1, name: 'Monday' },
-  { id: 2, name: 'Tuesday' },
-  { id: 3, name: 'Wednesday' },
-  { id: 4, name: 'Thursday' },
-  { id: 5, name: 'Friday' },
-  { id: 6, name: 'Saturday' },
-];
-
-// generates 24h time sets (instead of american 12h) to avoid having to translate everything to locales eg. 12:00
-const cronHours = Array.from({ length: 24 }).map(function (v, i) { return { id: i, name: (i < 10 ? '0' : '') + i + ':00' }; });
-
 const id = ref('');
 const busy = ref(false);
 const formError = ref('');
@@ -92,8 +67,8 @@ defineExpose({
     formError.value = false;
 
     const currentRetentionString = JSON.stringify(site.retention);
-    let selectedRetention = backupRetentions.find(function (x) { return JSON.stringify(x.id) === currentRetentionString; });
-    if (!selectedRetention) selectedRetention = backupRetentions[0];
+    let selectedRetention = BackupSitesModel.backupRetentions.find(function (x) { return JSON.stringify(x.id) === currentRetentionString; });
+    if (!selectedRetention) selectedRetention = BackupSitesModel.backupRetentions[0];
     configureRetention.value = selectedRetention.id;
 
     if (site.schedule === 'never') {
@@ -105,10 +80,10 @@ defineExpose({
       const tmpHours = tmp[2].split(',');
       const tmpDays = tmp[5].split(',');
 
-      if (tmpDays[0] === '*') days.value = cronDays.map((day) => { return day.id; });
+      if (tmpDays[0] === '*') days.value = BackupSitesModel.cronDays.map((day) => { return day.id; });
       else days.value = tmpDays.map((day) => { return parseInt(day, 10); });
 
-      if (tmpHours[0] === '*') hours.value = cronHours.map(h => h.id);
+      if (tmpHours[0] === '*') hours.value = BackupSitesModel.cronHours.map(h => h.id);
       else hours.value = tmpHours.map((hour) => { return parseInt(hour, 10); });
     }
 
@@ -139,15 +114,15 @@ defineExpose({
 
           <Checkbox :label="$t('main.statusEnabled')" v-model="scheduleEnabled" />
           <div v-if="scheduleEnabled" style="display: flex; gap: 10px; margin-left: 10px">
-            <div>{{ $t('backups.configureBackupSchedule.days') }}: <MultiSelect id="daysInput" :disabled="!scheduleEnabled" v-model="days" :options="cronDays" option-key="id" option-label="name"></MultiSelect></div>
-            <div>{{ $t('backups.configureBackupSchedule.hours') }}: <MultiSelect :disabled="!scheduleEnabled" v-model="hours" :options="cronHours" option-key="id" option-label="name"></MultiSelect></div>
+            <div>{{ $t('backups.configureBackupSchedule.days') }}: <MultiSelect id="daysInput" :disabled="!scheduleEnabled" v-model="days" :options="BackupSitesModel.cronDays" option-key="id" option-label="name"></MultiSelect></div>
+            <div>{{ $t('backups.configureBackupSchedule.hours') }}: <MultiSelect :disabled="!scheduleEnabled" v-model="hours" :options="BackupSitesModel.cronHours" option-key="id" option-label="name"></MultiSelect></div>
           </div>
         </FormGroup>
 
         <FormGroup>
           <label for="retentionInput">{{ $t('backups.configureBackupSchedule.retentionPolicy') }}</label>
           <select id="retentionInput" v-model="configureRetention">
-            <option v-for="elem in backupRetentions" :key="elem.id" :value="elem.id">{{ elem.name }}</option>
+            <option v-for="elem in BackupSitesModel.backupRetentions" :key="elem.id" :value="elem.id">{{ elem.name }}</option>
           </select>
         </FormGroup>
       </fieldset>
diff --git a/dashboard/src/models/BackupSitesModel.js b/dashboard/src/models/BackupSitesModel.js
index 9dd5251a9..94f6914f6 100644
--- a/dashboard/src/models/BackupSitesModel.js
+++ b/dashboard/src/models/BackupSitesModel.js
@@ -193,6 +193,57 @@ function create() {
   };
 }
 
+const backupRetentions = [
+  { name: '2 days', id: { keepWithinSecs: 2 * 24 * 60 * 60 }},
+  { name: '1 week', id: { keepWithinSecs: 7 * 24 * 60 * 60 }}, // default
+  { name: '1 month', id: { keepWithinSecs: 30 * 24 * 60 * 60 }},
+  { name: '3 months', id: { keepWithinSecs: 3 * 30 * 24 * 60 * 60 }},
+  { name: '2 daily, 4 weekly', id: { keepDaily: 2, keepWeekly: 4 }},
+  { name: '3 daily, 4 weekly, 6 monthly', id: { keepDaily: 3, keepWeekly: 4, keepMonthly: 6 }},
+  { name: '7 daily, 4 weekly, 12 monthly', id: { keepDaily: 7, keepWeekly: 4, keepMonthly: 12 }},
+  { name: 'Forever', id: { keepWithinSecs: -1 }}
+];
+
+// values correspond to cron days
+const cronDays = [
+  { id: 0, name: 'Sunday' },
+  { id: 1, name: 'Monday' },
+  { id: 2, name: 'Tuesday' },
+  { id: 3, name: 'Wednesday' },
+  { id: 4, name: 'Thursday' },
+  { id: 5, name: 'Friday' },
+  { id: 6, name: 'Saturday' },
+];
+
+// generates 24h time sets (instead of american 12h) to avoid having to translate everything to locales eg. 12:00
+const cronHours = Array.from({ length: 24 }).map(function (v, i) { return { id: i, name: (i < 10 ? '0' : '') + i + ':00' }; });
+
+function prettyBackupSchedule(pattern) {
+  if (!pattern) return '';
+  const tmp = pattern.split(' ');
+  const hours = tmp[2].split(','), days = tmp[5].split(',');
+  let prettyDay;
+  if (days.length === 7 || days[0] === '*') {
+      prettyDay = 'Everyday';
+  } else  {
+      prettyDay = days.map(function (day) { return cronDays[parseInt(day, 10)].name.substr(0, 3); }).join(',');
+  }
+
+  const prettyHour = hours.map(function (hour) { return cronHours[parseInt(hour, 10)].name; }).join(',');
+  return prettyDay + ' at ' + prettyHour;
+};
+
+function prettyBackupRetention(retention) {
+  function stableStringify(obj) { return JSON.stringify(obj, Object.keys(obj).sort()); }
+  const tmp = backupRetentions.find(function (p) { return stableStringify(p.id) === stableStringify(retention); });
+  return tmp ? tmp.name : '';
+}
+
 export default {
   create,
+  backupRetentions,
+  cronDays,
+  cronHours,
+  prettyBackupSchedule,
+  prettyBackupRetention
 };
diff --git a/dashboard/src/views/BackupSitesView.vue b/dashboard/src/views/BackupSitesView.vue
index 94024fced..2170b5033 100644
--- a/dashboard/src/views/BackupSitesView.vue
+++ b/dashboard/src/views/BackupSitesView.vue
@@ -246,6 +246,10 @@ onMounted(async () => {
               <span v-else>{{ regionName(site.provider, site.config.endpoint) + ' ' + site.config.bucket + (site.config.prefix ? `/${site.config.prefix}` : '') }}</span>
             </div>
 
+            <div>
+              {{ $t('backups.schedule.schedule') }}: <b>{{ BackupSitesModel.prettyBackupSchedule(site.schedule) }}</b>
+              {{ $t('backups.schedule.retentionPolicy') }}: <b>{{ BackupSitesModel.prettyBackupRetention(site.retention) }}</b>
+            </div>
             <div class="backup-site-task">
               <div v-if="!site.task">Last backup: <b>Never</b></div>
               <div v-if="site.task && site.task.success">Last backup: <b>{{ prettyLongDate(site.task.ts) }}</b></div>