diff --git a/modules/comment/comment.module b/modules/comment/comment.module
index 2d038d1d11f25c6b8aa0cb65f1c0e7f161240d5f..e5d1337baf7bb5ef22ce344105d1d9ac12716f4b 100644
--- a/modules/comment/comment.module
+++ b/modules/comment/comment.module
@@ -581,7 +581,7 @@ function theme_comment_block() {
   $items = array();
   $number = variable_get('comment_block_count', 10);
   foreach (comment_get_recent($number) as $comment) {
-    $items[] = l($comment->subject, 'comment/' . $comment->cid, array('fragment' => 'comment-' . $comment->cid)) .'&nbsp;<span>'. t('@time ago', array('@time' => format_interval(REQUEST_TIME - $comment->changed))) .'</span>';
+    $items[] = l($comment->subject, 'comment/' . $comment->cid, array('fragment' => 'comment-' . $comment->cid)) . '&nbsp;<span>' . t('@time ago', array('@time' => format_interval(REQUEST_TIME - $comment->changed))) . '</span>';
   }
 
   if ($items) {