diff --git a/mercurial/templates/gitweb/index.tmpl b/mercurial/templates/gitweb/index.tmpl
--- a/mercurial/templates/gitweb/index.tmpl
+++ b/mercurial/templates/gitweb/index.tmpl
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
         <td><a href="?sort={sort_name}">Name</a></td>
         <td><a href="?sort={sort_description}">Description</a></td>
         <td><a href="?sort={sort_contact}">Contact</a></td>
-        <td><a href="?sort={sort_lastchange}">Last change</a></td>
+        <td><a href="?sort={sort_lastchange}">Last modified</a></td>
         <td>&nbsp;</td>
         <td>&nbsp;</td>
     </tr>
diff --git a/mercurial/templates/monoblue/index.tmpl b/mercurial/templates/monoblue/index.tmpl
--- a/mercurial/templates/monoblue/index.tmpl
+++ b/mercurial/templates/monoblue/index.tmpl
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@
             <td><a href="?sort={sort_name}">Name</a></td>
             <td><a href="?sort={sort_description}">Description</a></td>
             <td><a href="?sort={sort_contact}">Contact</a></td>
-            <td><a href="?sort={sort_lastchange}">Last change</a></td>
+            <td><a href="?sort={sort_lastchange}">Last modified</a></td>
             <td>&nbsp;</td>
             <td>&nbsp;</td>
         </tr>
diff --git a/mercurial/templates/paper/index.tmpl b/mercurial/templates/paper/index.tmpl
--- a/mercurial/templates/paper/index.tmpl
+++ b/mercurial/templates/paper/index.tmpl
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@
         <th><a href="?sort={sort_name}">Name</a></th>
         <th><a href="?sort={sort_description}">Description</a></th>
         <th><a href="?sort={sort_contact}">Contact</a></th>
-        <th><a href="?sort={sort_lastchange}">Last change</a></th>
+        <th><a href="?sort={sort_lastchange}">Last modified</a></th>
         <th>&nbsp;</th>
     </tr>
     {entries%indexentry}
diff --git a/mercurial/templates/spartan/index.tmpl b/mercurial/templates/spartan/index.tmpl
--- a/mercurial/templates/spartan/index.tmpl
+++ b/mercurial/templates/spartan/index.tmpl
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
         <td><a href="?sort={sort_name}">Name</a></td>
         <td><a href="?sort={sort_description}">Description</a></td>
         <td><a href="?sort={sort_contact}">Contact</a></td>
-        <td><a href="?sort={sort_lastchange}">Last change</a></td>
+        <td><a href="?sort={sort_lastchange}">Last modified</a></td>
         <td>&nbsp;</td>
     </tr>
     {entries%indexentry}
diff --git a/tests/test-hgwebdir.out b/tests/test-hgwebdir.out
--- a/tests/test-hgwebdir.out
+++ b/tests/test-hgwebdir.out
@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@ 200 Script output follows
         <th><a href="?sort=name">Name</a></th>
         <th><a href="?sort=description">Description</a></th>
         <th><a href="?sort=contact">Contact</a></th>
-        <th><a href="?sort=lastchange">Last change</a></th>
+        <th><a href="?sort=lastchange">Last modified</a></th>
         <th>&nbsp;</th>
     </tr>
     
@@ -203,7 +203,7 @@ 200 Script output follows
         <th><a href="?sort=name">Name</a></th>
         <th><a href="?sort=description">Description</a></th>
         <th><a href="?sort=contact">Contact</a></th>
-        <th><a href="?sort=lastchange">Last change</a></th>
+        <th><a href="?sort=lastchange">Last modified</a></th>
         <th>&nbsp;</th>
     </tr>