diff --git a/web/edit.js b/web/edit.js
index 520d8dcf239a191ae70338df2ba70949aafde7bb..0ddfba9fc90a9836e390d14c20f04a3d3bc836a2 100644
--- a/web/edit.js
+++ b/web/edit.js
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ const original = document.getElementById("original");
 const markup = document.getElementById("markup");
 const render = document.getElementById("render");
 const author = document.getElementById("author");
+const lasttext = document.getElementById("lasttext");
 
 var editelem;
 var tagname;
@@ -73,6 +74,8 @@ function doedit(elem) {
     editid = elem.parentNode.getAttribute("id");
     editelem = elem;
     tagname = elem.tagName.toLowerCase();
+    lastdate = elem.getAttribute("date");
+    lastauthor = elem.getAttribute("author");
     t = elem.innerHTML;
     t = t.replace(/^ */,"");
     t = t.replace(/ *$/,"");
@@ -83,6 +86,12 @@ function doedit(elem) {
     }
     pelleditor.content.innerHTML = t;
     origelem = elem.nextSibling;
+    if (lastdate && lastauthor) {
+	text = "last updated by " + lastauthor + " on " + lastdate;
+    } else {
+	text = ""
+    }
+    lasttext.innerText = text;
     if (origelem) {
 	original.innerHTML = origelem.innerHTML;
     }
diff --git a/xsl/bjcp-2015-styleguide-html.xsl b/xsl/bjcp-2015-styleguide-html.xsl
index d7854c31bf677b50ed21b18a55d04033b594455a..dc0f67bd8c2f5529adf15c3f36034486bb88b2db 100644
--- a/xsl/bjcp-2015-styleguide-html.xsl
+++ b/xsl/bjcp-2015-styleguide-html.xsl
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@
 	      <div>You are editing the translation of the following original text:
 	        <div id="original"></div>
 	      </div>
-	      Your Author ID: <input type="text" name="author" id="author" />
+	      Your Author ID: <input type="text" name="author" id="author" /> | <span id="lasttext"></span>
 	      <div id="pelleditor"></div>
 	    </div>
 	    <div>Markup:<div id="markup"></div></div>