diff --git a/IkiWiki/Plugin/calendar.pm b/IkiWiki/Plugin/calendar.pm
index 0f0e9518a..aeb5f3d29 100644
--- a/IkiWiki/Plugin/calendar.pm
+++ b/IkiWiki/Plugin/calendar.pm
@@ -164,11 +164,11 @@ sub format_month (@) {
 	# Start producing the month calendar
 	$calendar=<<EOF;
 <table class="month-calendar">
-	<caption class="month-calendar-head">
-	$purl
-	$url
-	$nurl
-	</caption>
+	<tr>
+	<th class="month-calendar-arrow">$purl</th>
+	<th class="month-calendar-head" colspan="5">$url</th>
+	<th class="month-calendar-arrow">$nurl</th>
+	</tr>
 	<tr>
 EOF
 
@@ -312,13 +312,14 @@ sub format_year (@) {
 	add_depends($params{page}, "$archivebase/$nyear", deptype("presence"));
 
 	# Start producing the year calendar
+	my $m=$params{months_per_row}-2;
 	$calendar=<<EOF;
 <table class="year-calendar">
-	<caption class="year-calendar-head">
-	$purl
-	$url
-	$nurl
-	</caption>
+	<tr>
+	<th class="year-calendar-arrow">$purl</th>
+ 	<th class="year-calendar-head" colspan="$m">$url</th>
+	<th class="year-calendar-arrow">$nurl</th>
+	</tr>
 	<tr>
 		<th class="year-calendar-subhead" colspan="$params{months_per_row}">Months</th>
 	</tr>
diff --git a/debian/changelog b/debian/changelog
index e4056fdc6..737d73655 100644
--- a/debian/changelog
+++ b/debian/changelog
@@ -43,6 +43,7 @@ ikiwiki (3.20100415) UNRELEASED; urgency=low
   * sidebar: Add global_sidebars setting.
   * conditional: Fix bug that forced "all" mode off by default.
   * calendarmonth.tmpl: The month calendar is now put in a sidebar.
+  * calendar: Improved display of arrows.
 
  -- Joey Hess <joeyh@debian.org>  Sun, 04 Apr 2010 12:17:11 -0400
 
diff --git a/doc/plugins/calendar.mdwn b/doc/plugins/calendar.mdwn
index 49fd90627..76e718a3b 100644
--- a/doc/plugins/calendar.mdwn
+++ b/doc/plugins/calendar.mdwn
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ customization.
 
 * `month-calendar` - The month calendar as a whole.
 * `month-calendar-head` - The head of the month calendar (ie,"March").
+* `month-calendar-arrow` - Arrow pointing to previous/next month.
 * `month-calendar-day-head` - A column head in the month calendar (ie, a
   day-of-week abbreviation).
 * `month-calendar-day-noday`, `month-calendar-day-link`,
@@ -27,6 +28,7 @@ customization.
   weekends.
 * `year-calendar` - The year calendar as a whole.
 * `year-calendar-head` - The head of the year calendar (ie, "2007").
+* `year-calendar-arrow` - Arrow pointing to previous/next year.
 * `year-calendar-subhead` - For example, "Months".
 * `year-calendar-month-link`, `year-calendar-month-nolink`,
   `year-calendar-month-future`, `year-calendar-this-month` - The month
diff --git a/doc/style.css b/doc/style.css
index 44e06ae4f..7ffcf9fe2 100644
--- a/doc/style.css
+++ b/doc/style.css
@@ -431,3 +431,11 @@ pre.hl { color:#000000; background-color:#ffffff; }
 /* For the calendar plugin. */
 .month-calendar-day-this-day { background-color: #eee; }
 .year-calendar-this-month { background-color: #eee; }
+.month-calendar-arrow A:link,
+.year-calendar-arrow A:link,
+.month-calendar-arrow A:visited,
+.year-calendar-arrow A:visited {
+	text-decoration: none;
+	font-weight: normal;
+	font-size: 150%;
+}