diff --git a/app/helpers/application_helper.rb b/app/helpers/application_helper.rb
index 0fc2e9f43..2a9c53a2c 100644
--- a/app/helpers/application_helper.rb
+++ b/app/helpers/application_helper.rb
@@ -326,7 +326,7 @@ module ApplicationHelper
   end
 
   def authoring(created, author, options={})
-    l(options[:label] || :label_added_time_by, :author => link_to_user(author), :age => time_tag(created))
+    l(options[:label] || :label_added_time_by, :author => link_to_user(author), :age => time_tag(created)).html_safe
   end
 
   def time_tag(time)