diff --git a/app/views/projects/blame/show.html.haml b/app/views/projects/blame/show.html.haml
index cadfe5a3e30..f63802ac88b 100644
--- a/app/views/projects/blame/show.html.haml
+++ b/app/views/projects/blame/show.html.haml
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@
                      
                   .light
                     = commit_author_link(commit, avatar: false)
-                    authored
+                    committed
                     #{time_ago_with_tooltip(commit.committed_date)}
               %td.line-numbers
                 - line_count = blame_group[:lines].count
diff --git a/app/views/projects/commits/_commit.html.haml b/app/views/projects/commits/_commit.html.haml
index 12096941209..a940515fadf 100644
--- a/app/views/projects/commits/_commit.html.haml
+++ b/app/views/projects/commits/_commit.html.haml
@@ -37,5 +37,5 @@
           = preserve(markdown(commit.description, pipeline: :single_line, author: commit.author))
 
       = commit_author_link(commit, avatar: false, size: 24)
-      authored
+      committed
       #{time_ago_with_tooltip(commit.committed_date)}
diff --git a/changelogs/unreleased/issues-1608-text.yml b/changelogs/unreleased/issues-1608-text.yml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..bef427a1e1e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changelogs/unreleased/issues-1608-text.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+---
+title: change text around timestamps to make it clear which timestamp is displayed
+merge_request: 7860
+author: BM5k
diff --git a/spec/features/commits_spec.rb b/spec/features/commits_spec.rb
index 44646ffc602..23a504ff965 100644
--- a/spec/features/commits_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/features/commits_spec.rb
@@ -177,4 +177,23 @@ describe 'Commits' do
       end
     end
   end
+
+  context 'viewing commits for a branch' do
+    let(:branch_name) { 'master' }
+    let(:user) { create(:user) }
+
+    before do
+      project.team << [user, :master]
+      login_with(user)
+      visit namespace_project_commits_path(project.namespace, project, branch_name)
+    end
+
+    it 'includes the committed_date for each commit' do
+      commits = project.repository.commits(branch_name)
+
+      commits.each do |commit|
+        expect(page).to have_content("committed #{commit.committed_date}")
+      end
+    end
+  end
 end