diff --git a/IPython/frontend/html/notebook/static/css/notebook.css b/IPython/frontend/html/notebook/static/css/notebook.css
index 8f9bf66..58cb6dd 100644
--- a/IPython/frontend/html/notebook/static/css/notebook.css
+++ b/IPython/frontend/html/notebook/static/css/notebook.css
@@ -122,6 +122,14 @@ span.section_row_buttons a {
 
 #timebeforetooltip_span {
     float: right;
+    padding: 0px 5px;
+    font-size: 85%;
+}
+
+#timebeforetooltip_label {
+    float: right;
+    text-align:right;
+    font-size: 85%;
 }
 
 #tooltipontab_span {
diff --git a/IPython/frontend/html/notebook/templates/notebook.html b/IPython/frontend/html/notebook/templates/notebook.html
index 16d70af..b46220f 100644
--- a/IPython/frontend/html/notebook/templates/notebook.html
+++ b/IPython/frontend/html/notebook/templates/notebook.html
@@ -269,11 +269,11 @@
                     <span class="checkbox_label" id="smartcompleter_label">Smart completer:</span>
                 </div>
                 <div class="section_row">
-                    <span class="numeric_input_label" id="timebeforetooltip_label">Time before tooltip : </span>
                     <span id="timebeforetooltip_span">
                         <input type="text" id="timebeforetooltip" value="1200" size='6'></input>
                         <span class="numeric_input_label" id="timebeforetooltip_unit">milliseconds</span>
                     </span>
+                    <span class="numeric_input_label" id="timebeforetooltip_label">Time before tooltip : </span>
                 </div>
             </div>
         </div>