diff --git a/options/locale/locale_en-US.ini b/options/locale/locale_en-US.ini
index 7479ab80af..057edda3a5 100644
--- a/options/locale/locale_en-US.ini
+++ b/options/locale/locale_en-US.ini
@@ -1693,15 +1693,13 @@ issues.close_comment_issue = Close with comment
 issues.reopen_issue = Reopen
 issues.reopen_comment_issue = Reopen with comment
 issues.create_comment = Comment
-issues.closed_at = `closed this issue <a id="%[1]s" href="#%[1]s">%[2]s</a>`
-issues.reopened_at = `reopened this issue <a id="%[1]s" href="#%[1]s">%[2]s</a>`
-issues.commit_ref_at = `referenced this issue from a commit <a id="%[1]s" href="#%[1]s">%[2]s</a>`
-issues.ref_issue_from = `<a href="%[3]s">referenced this issue %[4]s</a> <a id="%[1]s" href="#%[1]s">%[2]s</a>`
-issues.ref_pull_from = `<a href="%[3]s">referenced this pull request %[4]s</a> <a id="%[1]s" href="#%[1]s">%[2]s</a>`
-issues.ref_closing_from = `<a href="%[3]s">referenced this issue from a pull request %[4]s that will close it</a>, <a id="%[1]s" href="#%[1]s">%[2]s</a>`
-issues.ref_reopening_from = `<a href="%[3]s">referenced this issue from a pull request %[4]s that will reopen it</a>, <a id="%[1]s" href="#%[1]s">%[2]s</a>`
-issues.ref_closed_from = `<a href="%[3]s">closed this issue %[4]s</a> <a id="%[1]s" href="#%[1]s">%[2]s</a>`
-issues.ref_reopened_from = `<a href="%[3]s">reopened this issue %[4]s</a> <a id="%[1]s" href="#%[1]s">%[2]s</a>`
+issues.closed_at = `closed this issue %s`
+issues.reopened_at = `reopened this issue %s`
+issues.commit_ref_at = `referenced this issue from a commit %s`
+issues.ref_issue_from = `<a href="%[2]s">referenced this issue %[3]s</a> %[1]s`
+issues.ref_pull_from = `<a href="%[2]s">referenced this pull request %[3]s</a> %[1]s`
+issues.ref_closing_from = `<a href="%[2]s">referenced this issue from a pull request %[3]s that will close it</a>, %[1]s`
+issues.ref_reopening_from = `<a href="%[2]s">referenced this issue from a pull request %[3]s that will reopen it</a>, %[1]s`
 issues.ref_from = `from %[1]s`
 issues.author = Author
 issues.author.tooltip.issue = This user is the author of this issue.
@@ -2013,9 +2011,9 @@ pulls.update_branch_success = Branch update was successful
 pulls.update_not_allowed = You are not allowed to update branch
 pulls.outdated_with_base_branch = This branch is out-of-date with the base branch
 pulls.close = Close pull request
-pulls.closed_at = `closed this pull request <a id="%[1]s" href="#%[1]s">%[2]s</a>`
-pulls.reopened_at = `reopened this pull request <a id="%[1]s" href="#%[1]s">%[2]s</a>`
-pulls.commit_ref_at = `referenced this pull request from a commit <a id="%[1]s" href="#%[1]s">%[2]s</a>`
+pulls.closed_at = `closed this pull request %s`
+pulls.reopened_at = `reopened this pull request %s`
+pulls.commit_ref_at = `referenced this pull request from a commit %s`
 pulls.cmd_instruction_hint = View command line instructions
 pulls.cmd_instruction_checkout_title = Checkout
 pulls.cmd_instruction_checkout_desc = From your project repository, check out a new branch and test the changes.
diff --git a/templates/repo/issue/view_content/comments.tmpl b/templates/repo/issue/view_content/comments.tmpl
index 9eb9307f9f..aca77a92e5 100644
--- a/templates/repo/issue/view_content/comments.tmpl
+++ b/templates/repo/issue/view_content/comments.tmpl
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 {{template "base/alert"}}
 {{range .Issue.Comments}}
 	{{if call $.ShouldShowCommentType .Type}}
-		{{$createdStr:= DateUtils.TimeSince .CreatedUnix}}
+		{{$createdStr := HTMLFormat `<a id="%s" href="#%s">%s</a>` .EventTag .HashTag (DateUtils.TimeSince .CreatedUnix)}}
 
 		<!-- 0 = COMMENT, 1 = REOPEN, 2 = CLOSE, 3 = ISSUE_REF, 4 = COMMIT_REF,
 		5 = COMMENT_REF, 6 = PULL_REF, 7 = COMMENT_LABEL, 8 = MILESTONE_CHANGE,
@@ -87,9 +87,9 @@
 				<span class="text grey muted-links">
 					{{template "repo/issue/view_content/comments_authorlink" dict "ctxData" $ "comment" .}}
 					{{if .Issue.IsPull}}
-						{{ctx.Locale.Tr "repo.pulls.reopened_at" .EventTag $createdStr}}
+						{{ctx.Locale.Tr "repo.pulls.reopened_at" $createdStr}}
 					{{else}}
-						{{ctx.Locale.Tr "repo.issues.reopened_at" .EventTag $createdStr}}
+						{{ctx.Locale.Tr "repo.issues.reopened_at" $createdStr}}
 					{{end}}
 				</span>
 			</div>
@@ -102,9 +102,9 @@
 				<span class="text grey muted-links">
 					{{template "repo/issue/view_content/comments_authorlink" dict "ctxData" $ "comment" .}}
 					{{if .Issue.IsPull}}
-						{{ctx.Locale.Tr "repo.pulls.closed_at" .EventTag $createdStr}}
+						{{ctx.Locale.Tr "repo.pulls.closed_at" $createdStr}}
 					{{else}}
-						{{ctx.Locale.Tr "repo.issues.closed_at" .EventTag $createdStr}}
+						{{ctx.Locale.Tr "repo.issues.closed_at" $createdStr}}
 					{{end}}
 				</span>
 			</div>
@@ -137,14 +137,13 @@
 			{{else if eq .RefAction 2}}
 				{{$refTr = "repo.issues.ref_reopening_from"}}
 			{{end}}
-			{{$createdStr:= DateUtils.TimeSince .CreatedUnix}}
 			<div class="timeline-item event" id="{{.HashTag}}">
 				<span class="badge">{{svg "octicon-bookmark"}}</span>
 				{{template "shared/user/avatarlink" dict "user" .Poster}}
 				{{if eq .RefAction 3}}<del>{{end}}
 				<span class="text grey muted-links">
 					{{template "shared/user/authorlink" .Poster}}
-					{{ctx.Locale.Tr $refTr .EventTag $createdStr (.RefCommentLink ctx) $refFrom}}
+					{{ctx.Locale.Tr $refTr $createdStr (.RefCommentLink ctx) $refFrom}}
 				</span>
 				{{if eq .RefAction 3}}</del>{{end}}
 
@@ -159,9 +158,9 @@
 				<span class="text grey muted-links">
 					{{template "shared/user/authorlink" .Poster}}
 					{{if .Issue.IsPull}}
-						{{ctx.Locale.Tr "repo.pulls.commit_ref_at" .EventTag $createdStr}}
+						{{ctx.Locale.Tr "repo.pulls.commit_ref_at" $createdStr}}
 					{{else}}
-						{{ctx.Locale.Tr "repo.issues.commit_ref_at" .EventTag $createdStr}}
+						{{ctx.Locale.Tr "repo.issues.commit_ref_at" $createdStr}}
 					{{end}}
 				</span>
 				<div class="detail flex-text-block">