Index: modules/comment/comment.module
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RCS file: /cvs/drupal/drupal/modules/comment/comment.module,v
retrieving revision 1.876
diff -u -p -r1.876 comment.module
--- modules/comment/comment.module	23 May 2010 19:10:22 -0000	1.876
+++ modules/comment/comment.module	24 May 2010 13:41:43 -0000
@@ -580,7 +580,7 @@ function theme_comment_block() {
   $items = array();
   $number = variable_get('comment_block_count', 10);
   foreach (comment_get_recent($number) as $comment) {
-    $items[] = l($comment->subject, 'comment/' . $comment->cid, array('fragment' => 'comment-' . $comment->cid)) .'<span>'. t('@time ago', array('@time' => format_interval(REQUEST_TIME - $comment->changed))) .'</span>';
+    $items[] = l($comment->subject, 'comment/' . $comment->cid, array('fragment' => 'comment-' . $comment->cid)) . '<var>' . t('@time ago', array('@time' => format_interval(REQUEST_TIME - $comment->changed))) . '</var>';
   }
 
   if ($items) {
@@ -1306,7 +1306,7 @@ function comment_update_index() {
  * results.
  */
 function comment_node_search_result($node) {
-  // Do not make a string if comments are hidden. 
+  // Do not make a string if comments are hidden.
   if ($node->comment != COMMENT_NODE_HIDDEN) {
     $comments = db_query('SELECT comment_count FROM {node_comment_statistics} WHERE nid = :nid', array('nid' => $node->nid))->fetchField();
     // Do not make a string if comments are closed and there are currently
