diff --git a/app/assets/javascripts/merge_request_tabs.js.coffee b/app/assets/javascripts/merge_request_tabs.js.coffee
index 40cfa59a229..23a218b4c7d 100644
--- a/app/assets/javascripts/merge_request_tabs.js.coffee
+++ b/app/assets/javascripts/merge_request_tabs.js.coffee
@@ -146,6 +146,7 @@ class @MergeRequestTabs
       url: "#{source}.json" + @_location.search
       success: (data) =>
         document.querySelector("div#diffs").innerHTML = data.html
+        $('.js-timeago').timeago()
         $('div#diffs .js-syntax-highlight').syntaxHighlight()
         @expandViewContainer() if @diffViewType() is 'parallel'
         @diffsLoaded = true
diff --git a/app/assets/stylesheets/pages/notes.scss b/app/assets/stylesheets/pages/notes.scss
index 19ead07c06a..d5f9852ebed 100644
--- a/app/assets/stylesheets/pages/notes.scss
+++ b/app/assets/stylesheets/pages/notes.scss
@@ -14,6 +14,18 @@ ul.notes {
   margin: 0px;
   padding: 0px;
 
+  .timeline-icon {
+    float: left;
+  }
+
+  .timeline-content {
+    margin-left: 55px;
+  }
+
+  .note_created_ago, .note-updated-at {
+    white-space: nowrap;
+  }
+
   .system-note {
     font-size: 14px;
     padding-top: 10px;
@@ -151,6 +163,7 @@ ul.notes {
     border-left: none;
 
     &.notes_line {
+      vertical-align: middle;
       text-align: center;
       padding: 10px 0;
       background: #FFF;
diff --git a/app/views/projects/notes/_note.html.haml b/app/views/projects/notes/_note.html.haml
index e858c412836..52972576aff 100644
--- a/app/views/projects/notes/_note.html.haml
+++ b/app/views/projects/notes/_note.html.haml
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@
           %a{name: dom_id(note), href: "##{dom_id(note)}", title: 'Link here'}
             = time_ago_with_tooltip(note.created_at, placement: 'bottom', html_class: 'note_created_ago')
           - if note.updated_at != note.created_at
-            %span
+            %span.note-updated-at
               ·
               = icon('edit', title: 'edited')
               = time_ago_with_tooltip(note.updated_at, placement: 'bottom', html_class: 'note_edited_ago')