diff --git a/core/src/main/java/hudson/model/Fingerprint.java b/core/src/main/java/hudson/model/Fingerprint.java
index a0748cc023..1502b5eb4c 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/hudson/model/Fingerprint.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/hudson/model/Fingerprint.java
@@ -440,12 +440,11 @@ public class Fingerprint implements ModelObject {
      * Gets the string that says how long since this build has scheduled.
      *
      * @return
-     *      string like "3 minutes" "1 day" etc.
+     *      string like "3 minutes ago" "1 day ago" etc.
      */
     public String getTimestampString() {
         long duration = System.currentTimeMillis()-timestamp.getTime();
-        return Util.getTimeSpanString(duration);
-
+        return Util.getPastTimeString(duration);
     }
 
     /**
diff --git a/core/src/main/resources/hudson/model/Fingerprint/index.jelly b/core/src/main/resources/hudson/model/Fingerprint/index.jelly
index e4b9c93306..7452f6ca16 100644
--- a/core/src/main/resources/hudson/model/Fingerprint/index.jelly
+++ b/core/src/main/resources/hudson/model/Fingerprint/index.jelly
@@ -17,10 +17,10 @@
         MD5: ${it.hashString}
       </div>
       <div>
-        Introduced ${it.timestampString} ago
+        ${%introduced(it.timestampString)}
         <j:choose>
           <j:when test="${it.original==null}">
-            outside Hudson
+            ${%outside Hudson}
           </j:when>
           <j:otherwise>
             <t:buildLink job="${it.original.job}" number="${it.original.number}" jobName="${it.original.name}" />
@@ -32,12 +32,12 @@
       <j:choose>
         <j:when test="${empty(jobs)}">
           <p>
-            This file has not been used anywhere else.
+            ${%This file has not been used anywhere else.}
           </p>
         </j:when>
         <j:otherwise>
           <p>
-            This file has been used in the following places:
+            ${%This file has been used in the following places}:
           </p>
           <table class="fingerprint-summary">
             <j:forEach var="j" items="${it.jobs}">
diff --git a/core/src/main/resources/hudson/model/Fingerprint/index.properties b/core/src/main/resources/hudson/model/Fingerprint/index.properties
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..439de9bfaf
--- /dev/null
+++ b/core/src/main/resources/hudson/model/Fingerprint/index.properties
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+introduced=Introduced {0}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/core/src/main/resources/lib/hudson/project/build-permalink.jelly b/core/src/main/resources/lib/hudson/project/build-permalink.jelly
index a1fcebd5cf..741a3d9bfa 100644
--- a/core/src/main/resources/lib/hudson/project/build-permalink.jelly
+++ b/core/src/main/resources/lib/hudson/project/build-permalink.jelly
@@ -10,8 +10,7 @@
   <j:set var="b" value="${it[property]}"/>
   <j:if test="${b!=null}">
     <li>
-      <a href="${property}/">${title}
-        (#${b.number}), ${b.timestampString} ago</a>
+      <a href="${property}/">${title} (#${b.number}), ${b.timestampString}</a>
     </li>
   </j:if>
 </j:jelly>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/core/src/main/resources/lib/hudson/project/build-permalink.properties b/core/src/main/resources/lib/hudson/project/build-permalink.properties
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..47ffc2ea58
--- /dev/null
+++ b/core/src/main/resources/lib/hudson/project/build-permalink.properties
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+format={0} (#{1}), ${2} ago
\ No newline at end of file