diff --git a/IkiWiki/Plugin/recentchanges.pm b/IkiWiki/Plugin/recentchanges.pm
index fb9841ffd..bdd386c7b 100644
--- a/IkiWiki/Plugin/recentchanges.pm
+++ b/IkiWiki/Plugin/recentchanges.pm
@@ -68,8 +68,9 @@ sub store ($$) { #{{{
 	push @{$change->{pages}}, { link => '...' } if $is_excess;
 
 	# Take the first line of the commit message as a summary.
-	my $m=shift @{$change->{message}};
-	$change->{summary}=$m->{line};
+	#my $m=shift @{$change->{message}};
+	#$change->{summary}=$m->{line};
+	#delete $change->{message} unless @{$change->{message}};
 
 	# See if the committer is an openid.
 	my $oiduser=IkiWiki::openiduser($change->{user});
@@ -85,7 +86,11 @@ sub store ($$) { #{{{
 
 	# Fill out a template with the change info.
 	my $template=template("change.tmpl", blind_cache => 1);
-	$template->param(%$change);
+	$template->param(
+		%$change,
+		commitdate => displaytime($change->{when}, "%x %x"),
+		wikiname => $config{wikiname},
+	);
 	$template->param(baseurl => "$config{url}/") if length $config{url};
 	IkiWiki::run_hooks(pagetemplate => sub {
 		shift->(page => $page, destpage => $page, template => $template);
diff --git a/doc/recentchanges.mdwn b/doc/recentchanges.mdwn
index b2c7f5d07..4e9ee91ec 100644
--- a/doc/recentchanges.mdwn
+++ b/doc/recentchanges.mdwn
@@ -1,2 +1,5 @@
+Recent changes to this wiki:
+
 [[recentchanges pages="*" num=100 template=change]]
-[[inline pages="recentchanges/change_* and !*/Discussion" show=0]]
+[[inline pages="recentchanges/change_* and !*/Discussion" 
+template=inlinechange show=0]]
diff --git a/doc/style.css b/doc/style.css
index 0fa15d2b1..026d2c881 100644
--- a/doc/style.css
+++ b/doc/style.css
@@ -70,27 +70,49 @@ img {
 	border-style: none;
 }
 
-/* Stuff for the RecentChanges table. */
-tr.changeheader {
+div.recentchanges {
+	border-style: solid;
+	border-width: 1px;
+	overflow: auto;
+	width: 100%;
 	background: #eee;
 	color: black !important;
 }
-tr.changeinfo {
-	background: #eee;
-	color: black !important;
+.recentchanges .metadata {
+	padding: 0px 0.5em;
 }
-th.changeheader {
-	padding: 1px .3em;
-}
-td.changeinfo {
-	padding: 1px .3em;
-}
-td.changetime {
-	white-space: nowrap;
-	padding: 1px .3em;
-}
-td.changelog {
+.recentchanges .changelog {
 	font-style: italic;
+	clear: both;
+	display: block;
+	padding: 1px 2px;
+	background: white !important;
+	color: black !important;
+}
+.recentchanges .desc {
+	display: none;
+}
+.recentchanges .committer {
+	float: left;
+	margin: 0;
+	width: 40%;
+}
+.recentchanges .committype {
+	float: left;
+	margin: 0;
+	width: 5%;
+	font-size: small;
+}
+.recentchanges .changedate {
+	float: left;
+	margin: 0;
+	width: 35%;
+	font-size: small;
+}
+.recentchanges .pagelinks {
+	float: right;
+	margin: 0;
+	width: 60%;
 }
 
 /* Used for adding a blog page. */
diff --git a/templates/change.tmpl b/templates/change.tmpl
index f02b5eb19..6df365250 100644
--- a/templates/change.tmpl
+++ b/templates/change.tmpl
@@ -2,16 +2,17 @@
 <TMPL_IF AUTHORURL>
 [[meta authorurl="""<TMPL_VAR AUTHORURL>"""]]
 </TMPL_IF>
-[[meta title="""<TMPL_VAR SUMMARY>"""]]
-<p class=changelog>
+[[meta title="""update of <TMPL_VAR WIKINAME>'s <TMPL_LOOP NAME="PAGES"> <TMPL_VAR PAGE></TMPL_LOOP>"""]]
+<div class=changelog>
 <TMPL_LOOP NAME="MESSAGE">
 	<TMPL_IF NAME="LINE">
 		<TMPL_VAR NAME="LINE" ESCAPE="HTML"><br />
 	</TMPL_IF>
 </TMPL_LOOP>
-</p>
-<p>
-<span class="changeinfo">
+</div>
+<div class="metadata">
+<span class="desc"><br />Changed pages:</span>
+<span class="pagelinks">
 <TMPL_LOOP NAME="PAGES">
 	<TMPL_IF NAME="DIFFURL">
 		<a href="<TMPL_VAR NAME="DIFFURL">">
@@ -20,5 +21,18 @@
 	</TMPL_IF>
 	<TMPL_VAR LINK>
 </TMPL_LOOP>
-changed via <TMPL_VAR NAME="COMMITTYPE">
+</span>
+<span class="desc"><br />Changed by:</span>
+<span class="committer">
+<TMPL_IF NAME="AUTHORURL">
+<a href="<TMPL_VAR NAME=AUTHORURL>"><TMPL_VAR NAME=USER></a>
+<TMPL_ELSE>
+<TMPL_VAR NAME=USER>
+</TMPL_IF>
+</span>
+<span class="desc"><br />Commit type:</span>
+<span class="committype"><TMPL_VAR COMMITTYPE></span>
+<span class="desc"><br />Date:</span>
+<span class="changedate"><TMPL_VAR COMMITDATE></span>
+</div>
 <!-- <TMPL_VAR NAME="REV"> -->
diff --git a/templates/inlinechange.tmpl b/templates/inlinechange.tmpl
index 669911184..340a157d1 100644
--- a/templates/inlinechange.tmpl
+++ b/templates/inlinechange.tmpl
@@ -1,11 +1,7 @@
 <TMPL_IF FIRST>
-<div class="inlinechange">
+<div class="recentchanges">
 </TMPL_IF>
 <TMPL_VAR CONTENT>
-<span class="desc"><br />Date:</span>
-<span class="changedate">
-<TMPL_VAR CTIME>
-</span>
 <TMPL_IF LAST>
 </div>
 </TMPL_IF>