diff --git a/mod/survey/lib.php b/mod/survey/lib.php
index 6d5f7f4e708..1f630ecabf9 100644
--- a/mod/survey/lib.php
+++ b/mod/survey/lib.php
@@ -537,6 +537,7 @@ function survey_print_multi($question) {
         $P = "";
     }
 
+    echo "<colgroup colspan=\"7\"></colgroup>";
     echo "<tr class=\"smalltext\"><th scope=\"row\">$strresponses</th>";
     echo "<th scope=\"col\" class=\"hresponse\">". get_string('notyetanswered', 'survey'). "</th>";
     foreach ($options as $key => $val) {
@@ -544,7 +545,7 @@ function survey_print_multi($question) {
     }
     echo "</tr>\n";
 
-    echo "<tr><th scope=\"col\" colspan=\"7\">$question->intro</th></tr>\n";
+    echo "<tr><th scope=\"colgroup\" colspan=\"7\">$question->intro</th></tr>\n";
 
     $subquestions = survey_get_subquestions($question);