diff --git a/modules/forum/forum-submitted.tpl.php b/modules/forum/forum-submitted.tpl.php
index 8695e3464bb2..c025a9862748 100644
--- a/modules/forum/forum-submitted.tpl.php
+++ b/modules/forum/forum-submitted.tpl.php
@@ -18,11 +18,12 @@
  */
 ?>
 <?php if ($time): ?>
-  <?php print t(
-  '@time ago<br />by !author', array(
+  <span class="submitted">
+  <?php print t('By !author @time ago', array(
     '@time' => $time,
     '!author' => $author,
     )); ?>
+  </span>
 <?php else: ?>
   <?php print t('n/a'); ?>
 <?php endif; ?>
diff --git a/modules/forum/forum-topic-list.tpl.php b/modules/forum/forum-topic-list.tpl.php
index 08d9ec56bab6..9757b6049055 100644
--- a/modules/forum/forum-topic-list.tpl.php
+++ b/modules/forum/forum-topic-list.tpl.php
@@ -41,7 +41,14 @@
   <?php foreach ($topics as $topic): ?>
     <tr class="<?php print $topic->zebra;?>">
       <td class="icon"><?php print $topic->icon; ?></td>
-      <td class="title"><?php print $topic->title; ?></td>
+      <td class="title">
+        <div>
+          <?php print $topic->title; ?>
+        </div>
+        <div>
+          <?php print $topic->created; ?>
+        </div>
+      </td>
     <?php if ($topic->moved): ?>
       <td colspan="3"><?php print $topic->message; ?></td>
     <?php else: ?>
@@ -52,7 +59,6 @@
           <a href="<?php print $topic->new_url; ?>"><?php print $topic->new_text; ?></a>
         <?php endif; ?>
       </td>
-      <td class="created"><?php print $topic->created; ?></td>
       <td class="last-reply"><?php print $topic->last_reply; ?></td>
     <?php endif; ?>
     </tr>
diff --git a/modules/forum/forum.module b/modules/forum/forum.module
index 93abb925b439..9737e881ea0d 100644
--- a/modules/forum/forum.module
+++ b/modules/forum/forum.module
@@ -691,7 +691,6 @@ function forum_get_topics($tid, $sortby, $forum_per_page) {
     NULL,
     array('data' => t('Topic'), 'field' => 'n.title'),
     array('data' => t('Replies'), 'field' => 'ncs.comment_count'),
-    array('data' => t('Created'), 'field' => 'n.created'),
     array('data' => t('Last reply'), 'field' => 'ncs.last_comment_timestamp'),
   );