diff --git a/message/lib.php b/message/lib.php
index 3904025000c..849a80114c2 100644
--- a/message/lib.php
+++ b/message/lib.php
@@ -2276,8 +2276,8 @@ function message_format_message($message, $format='', $keywords='', $class='othe
 
     return <<<TEMPLATE
 <div class='message $class'>
-    <a name="m{$message->id}"></a>
-    <span class="message-meta"><span class="time">$time</span></span>: <span class="text">$messagetext</span>
+    <a name="m{$message->id}"></a><span class="message-meta"><span class="time">$time</span></span>:
+    <span class="text">$messagetext</span>
 </div>
 TEMPLATE;
 }