diff --git a/wp-content/themes/twentyten/functions.php b/wp-content/themes/twentyten/functions.php
index 01764f16e0..83cae40878 100644
--- a/wp-content/themes/twentyten/functions.php
+++ b/wp-content/themes/twentyten/functions.php
@@ -493,14 +493,14 @@ if ( ! function_exists( 'twentyten_posted_on' ) ) :
  * @since Twenty Ten 1.0
  */
 function twentyten_posted_on() {
-	printf( __( '<span %1$s>Posted on</span> %2$s by %3$s', 'twentyten' ),
-		'class="meta-prep meta-prep-author"',
-		sprintf( '<a href="%1$s" title="%2$s" rel="bookmark"><span class="entry-date">%3$s</span></a> <span class="meta-sep">',
+	printf( __( '<span class="%1$s">Posted on</span> %2$s <span class="meta-sep">by</span> %3$s', 'twentyten' ),
+		'meta-prep meta-prep-author',
+		sprintf( '<a href="%1$s" title="%2$s" rel="bookmark"><span class="entry-date">%3$s</span></a>',
 			get_permalink(),
 			esc_attr( get_the_time() ),
 			get_the_date()
 		),
-		sprintf( '</span> <span class="author vcard"><a class="url fn n" href="%1$s" title="%2$s">%3$s</a></span>',
+		sprintf( '<span class="author vcard"><a class="url fn n" href="%1$s" title="%2$s">%3$s</a></span>',
 			get_author_posts_url( get_the_author_meta( 'ID' ) ),
 			sprintf( esc_attr__( 'View all posts by %s', 'twentyten' ), get_the_author() ),
 			get_the_author()
diff --git a/wp-content/themes/twentyten/loop.php b/wp-content/themes/twentyten/loop.php
index 7bd2a660f8..31645eecc2 100644
--- a/wp-content/themes/twentyten/loop.php
+++ b/wp-content/themes/twentyten/loop.php
@@ -142,7 +142,7 @@
 			<div class="entry-utility">
 				<?php if ( count( get_the_category() ) ) : ?>
 					<span class="cat-links">
-						<span class="entry-utility-prep entry-utility-prep-cat-links"><?php printf( __('Posted in %s', 'twentyten' ), '</span> ' . get_the_category_list( ', ' ) ); ?>
+						<?php printf( __( '<span class="%1$s">Posted in</span> %2$s', 'twentyten' ), 'entry-utility-prep entry-utility-prep-cat-links', get_the_category_list( ', ' ) ); ?>
 					</span>
 					<span class="meta-sep">|</span>
 				<?php endif; ?>
@@ -151,7 +151,7 @@
 					if ( $tags_list ):
 				?>
 					<span class="tag-links">
-						<span class="entry-utility-prep entry-utility-prep-tag-links"><?php printf( __('Tagged %s', 'twentyten'), '</span> ' . $tags_list ); ?>
+						<?php printf( __( '<span class="%1$s">Tagged</span> %2$s', 'twentyten' ), 'entry-utility-prep entry-utility-prep-tag-links', $tags_list ); ?>
 					</span>
 					<span class="meta-sep">|</span>
 				<?php endif; ?>