diff --git a/mod/forum/lang/en/forum.php b/mod/forum/lang/en/forum.php
index b078a6d90d3..cb084ed6a46 100644
--- a/mod/forum/lang/en/forum.php
+++ b/mod/forum/lang/en/forum.php
@@ -137,6 +137,7 @@ $string['displaystart_help'] = 'This setting specifies whether a forum post shou
 $string['eachuserforum'] = 'Each person posts one discussion';
 $string['edit'] = 'Edit';
 $string['editedby'] = 'Edited by {$a->name} - original submission {$a->date}';
+$string['editedpostupdated'] = '{$a}\'s post was updated';
 $string['editing'] = 'Editing';
 $string['emptymessage'] = 'Something was wrong with your post. Perhaps you left it blank, or the attachment was too big. Your changes have NOT been saved.';
 $string['erroremptymessage'] = 'Post message cannot be empty';
diff --git a/mod/forum/post.php b/mod/forum/post.php
index 6301c7ec5d0..a57633f29a2 100644
--- a/mod/forum/post.php
+++ b/mod/forum/post.php
@@ -647,7 +647,13 @@ if ($fromform = $mform_post->get_data()) {
         if (!empty($message)) { // if we're printing stuff about the file upload
             $timemessage = 4;
         }
-        $message .= '<br />'.get_string("postupdated", "forum");
+	
+        if ($realpost->userid == $USER->id) {
+            $message .= '<br />'.get_string("postupdated", "forum");
+        } else {
+            $realuser = $DB->get_record('user', array('id' => $realpost->userid));
+            $message .= '<br />'.get_string("editedpostupdated", "forum", fullname($realuser));
+        }
 
         if ($subscribemessage = forum_post_subscription($fromform, $forum)) {
             $timemessage = 4;