diff --git a/phpBB/includes/functions.php b/phpBB/includes/functions.php
index 6bc5d91ac4..731dc3830e 100644
--- a/phpBB/includes/functions.php
+++ b/phpBB/includes/functions.php
@@ -4502,10 +4502,10 @@ function phpbb_generate_debug_output(\phpbb\db\driver\driver_interface $db, \php
 		if (isset($GLOBALS['starttime']))
 		{
 			$totaltime = microtime(true) - $GLOBALS['starttime'];
-			$debug_info[] = sprintf('<abbr title="SQL time: %.3fs / PHP time: %.3fs">Time: %.3fs</abbr>', $db->get_sql_time(), ($totaltime - $db->get_sql_time()), $totaltime);
+			$debug_info[] = sprintf('<span title="SQL time: %.3fs / PHP time: %.3fs">Time: %.3fs</span>', $db->get_sql_time(), ($totaltime - $db->get_sql_time()), $totaltime);
 		}
 
-		$debug_info[] = sprintf('<abbr title="Cached: %d">Queries: %d</abbr>', $db->sql_num_queries(true), $db->sql_num_queries());
+		$debug_info[] = sprintf('<span title="Cached: %d">Queries: %d</span>', $db->sql_num_queries(true), $db->sql_num_queries());
 
 		$memory_usage = memory_get_peak_usage();
 		if ($memory_usage)
diff --git a/phpBB/language/en/common.php b/phpBB/language/en/common.php
index 292d30dd1c..bde9a91267 100644
--- a/phpBB/language/en/common.php
+++ b/phpBB/language/en/common.php
@@ -81,7 +81,7 @@ $lang = array_merge($lang, array(
 	'ALL_FORUMS'					=> 'All forums',
 	'ALL_MESSAGES'					=> 'All messages',
 	'ALL_POSTS'						=> 'All posts',
-	'ALL_TIMES'						=> 'All times are <abbr title="%2$s">%1$s</abbr>',
+	'ALL_TIMES'						=> 'All times are <span title="%2$s">%1$s</span>',
 	'ALL_TOPICS'					=> 'All Topics',
 	'AND'							=> 'And',
 	'ARE_WATCHING_FORUM'			=> 'You have subscribed to be notified of new posts in this forum.',