diff --git a/app/views/browse/changeset.html.erb b/app/views/browse/changeset.html.erb
index 4045c0b48..3c5ba7de0 100644
--- a/app/views/browse/changeset.html.erb
+++ b/app/views/browse/changeset.html.erb
@@ -38,9 +38,9 @@
             <% if comment.visible %>
               <li id="c<%= comment.id %>">
                 <small class='text-muted'>
-                  <%= t(".commented_by_html",
-                        :when => friendly_date_ago(comment.created_at),
-                        :exact_time => l(comment.created_at),
+                  <%= t(".comment_by_html",
+                        :time_ago => tag.abbr(friendly_date_ago(comment.created_at),
+                                              :title => l(comment.created_at)),
                         :user => link_to(comment.author.display_name, user_path(comment.author))) %>
                   <% if current_user and current_user.moderator? %>
                     — <span class="action-button" data-comment-id="<%= comment.id %>" data-method="POST" data-url="<%= changeset_comment_hide_url(comment.id) %>"><%= t("javascripts.changesets.show.hide_comment") %></span>
@@ -51,9 +51,9 @@
             <% elsif current_user and current_user.moderator? %>
               <li id="c<%= comment.id %>">
                 <small class='text-muted'>
-                  <%= t(".hidden_commented_by_html",
-                        :when => friendly_date_ago(comment.created_at),
-                        :exact_time => l(comment.created_at),
+                  <%= t(".hidden_comment_by_html",
+                        :time_ago => tag.abbr(friendly_date_ago(comment.created_at),
+                                              :title => l(comment.created_at)),
                         :user => link_to(comment.author.display_name, user_path(comment.author))) %>
                   — <span class="action-button text-muted" data-comment-id="<%= comment.id %>" data-method="POST" data-url="<%= changeset_comment_unhide_url(comment.id) %>"><%= t("javascripts.changesets.show.unhide_comment") %></span>
                  </small>
diff --git a/config/locales/en.yml b/config/locales/en.yml
index 0a9ca9980..fd84a48bf 100644
--- a/config/locales/en.yml
+++ b/config/locales/en.yml
@@ -333,8 +333,8 @@ en:
       relation: "Relations (%{count})"
       relation_paginated: "Relations (%{x}-%{y} of %{count})"
       comment: "Comments (%{count})"
-      hidden_commented_by_html: "Hidden comment from %{user} <abbr title='%{exact_time}'>%{when}</abbr>"
-      commented_by_html: "Comment from %{user} <abbr title='%{exact_time}'>%{when}</abbr>"
+      hidden_comment_by_html: "Hidden comment from %{user} %{time_ago}"
+      comment_by_html: "Comment from %{user} %{time_ago}"
       changesetxml: "Changeset XML"
       osmchangexml: "osmChange XML"
       feed: