diff --git a/wp-admin/includes/dashboard.php b/wp-admin/includes/dashboard.php
index 802ad0e8bb..070e8e8d74 100644
--- a/wp-admin/includes/dashboard.php
+++ b/wp-admin/includes/dashboard.php
@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@ function wp_dashboard_setup() {
 			'items' => 2,
 			'show_summary' => 1,
 			'show_author' => 0,
-			'show_date' => 1
+			'show_date' => 1,
 		);
 	}
 	wp_add_dashboard_widget( 'dashboard_primary', $widget_options['dashboard_primary']['title'], 'wp_dashboard_primary', 'wp_dashboard_primary_control' );
@@ -85,7 +85,10 @@ function wp_dashboard_setup() {
 			'link' => apply_filters( 'dashboard_secondary_link',  __( 'http://planet.wordpress.org/' ) ),
 			'url' => apply_filters( 'dashboard_secondary_feed',  __( 'http://planet.wordpress.org/feed/' ) ),
 			'title' => apply_filters( 'dashboard_secondary_title', __( 'Other WordPress News' ) ),
-			'items' => 5
+			'items' => 5,
+			'show_summary' => 0,
+			'show_author' => 0,
+			'show_date' => 0,
 		);
 	}
 	wp_add_dashboard_widget( 'dashboard_secondary', $widget_options['dashboard_secondary']['title'], 'wp_dashboard_secondary', 'wp_dashboard_secondary_control' );