diff --git a/app/helpers/projects_helper.rb b/app/helpers/projects_helper.rb
index 883be0ea..c07bbd2c 100644
--- a/app/helpers/projects_helper.rb
+++ b/app/helpers/projects_helper.rb
@@ -26,6 +26,10 @@ module ProjectsHelper
                           }, options
   end
   
+  def format_activity_description(text)
+    h(truncate(text, 250))
+  end
+  
   def project_settings_tabs
     tabs = [{:name => 'info', :action => :edit_project, :partial => 'projects/edit', :label => :label_information_plural},
             {:name => 'modules', :action => :select_project_modules, :partial => 'projects/settings/modules', :label => :label_module_plural},
diff --git a/app/views/projects/activity.rhtml b/app/views/projects/activity.rhtml
index 41a8ae10..bde80655 100644
--- a/app/views/projects/activity.rhtml
+++ b/app/views/projects/activity.rhtml
@@ -1,17 +1,22 @@
 <h2><%=l(:label_activity)%>: <%= "#{month_name(@month).downcase} #{@year}" %></h2>
 
+<div id="activity">
 <% @events_by_day.keys.sort {|x,y| y <=> x }.each do |day| %>
-  <h3><%= day_name(day.cwday) %> <%= day.day %></h3>
-  <ul>
-  <% @events_by_day[day].sort {|x,y| y.event_datetime <=> x.event_datetime }.each do |e| %>
-    <li><p><%= format_time(e.event_datetime, false) %> <%= link_to truncate(e.event_title, 100), e.event_url %><br />
-    <% unless e.event_description.blank? %><em><%= truncate(e.event_description, 500) %></em><br /><% end %>
-    <span class="author"><%= e.event_author if e.respond_to?(:event_author) %></span></p></li>
+<h3><%= day_name(day.cwday) %> <%= day.day %></h3>
+<dl>
+<% @events_by_day[day].sort {|x,y| y.event_datetime <=> x.event_datetime }.each do |e| -%>
+  <dt class="<%= e.class.name.downcase %>"><span class="time"><%= format_time(e.event_datetime, false) %></span>
+  <%= link_to truncate(e.event_title, 100), e.event_url %></dt>
+  <dd><% unless e.event_description.blank? -%>
+  <span class="description"><%= format_activity_description(e.event_description) %></span><br />
   <% end %>
-  </ul>
-<% end %>
+  <span class="author"><%= e.event_author if e.respond_to?(:event_author) %></span></dd>
+<% end -%>
+</dl>
+<% end -%>
+</div>
 
-<% if @events_by_day.empty? %><p class="nodata"><%= l(:label_no_data) %></p><% end %>
+<%= content_tag('p', l(:label_no_data), :class => 'nodata') if @events_by_day.empty? %>
 
 <div style="float:left;">
 <% prev_params = params.clone.update :year => (@month==1 ? @year-1 : @year), :month =>(@month==1 ? 12 : @month-1) %>
diff --git a/public/stylesheets/application.css b/public/stylesheets/application.css
index 1abd1f6f..b3b8b341 100644
--- a/public/stylesheets/application.css
+++ b/public/stylesheets/application.css
@@ -147,6 +147,12 @@ div#issue-changesets .changeset { padding: 4px;}
 div#issue-changesets .changeset { border-bottom: 1px solid #ddd; }
 div#issue-changesets p { margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 1em;}
 
+div#activity dl { margin-left: 2em; }
+div#activity dd { margin-bottom: 1em; }
+div#activity dt { margin-bottom: 1px; }
+div#activity dt .time { color: #777; font-size: 80%; }
+div#activity dd .description { font-style: italic; }
+
 .autoscroll {overflow-x: auto; padding:1px; width:100%; margin-bottom: 1.2em;}
 #user_firstname, #user_lastname, #user_mail, #my_account_form select { width: 90%; }