diff --git a/options/locale/locale_en-US.ini b/options/locale/locale_en-US.ini
index 534520d2d2..f2e58b95b8 100644
--- a/options/locale/locale_en-US.ini
+++ b/options/locale/locale_en-US.ini
@@ -1660,7 +1660,8 @@ release.draft = Draft
 release.prerelease = Pre-Release
 release.stable = Stable
 release.edit = edit
-release.ahead = <strong>%d</strong> commits to %s since this release
+release.ahead.commits = <strong>%d</strong> commits
+release.ahead.target = to %s since this release
 release.source_code = Source Code
 release.new_subheader = Releases organize project versions.
 release.edit_subheader = Releases organize project versions.
diff --git a/templates/repo/release/list.tmpl b/templates/repo/release/list.tmpl
index d0b160a1c0..baef2c1cee 100644
--- a/templates/repo/release/list.tmpl
+++ b/templates/repo/release/list.tmpl
@@ -64,8 +64,8 @@
 									Ghost
 								{{end}}
 								</span>
-								{{if .CreatedUnix}}<span class="time">{{TimeSinceUnix .CreatedUnix $.Lang}}</span>{{end}}
-								<span class="ahead">{{$.i18n.Tr "repo.release.ahead" .NumCommitsBehind .Target | Str2html}}</span>
+								{{if .CreatedUnix}}<span class="time">{{TimeSinceUnix .CreatedUnix $.Lang}}</span> | {{end}}
+								<span class="ahead"><a href="{{$.RepoLink}}/compare/{{.TagName | EscapePound}}...{{.Target}}">{{$.i18n.Tr "repo.release.ahead.commits" .NumCommitsBehind | Str2html}}</a> {{$.i18n.Tr "repo.release.ahead.target" .Target}}</span>
 							</p>
 							<div class="markdown desc">
 								{{Str2html .Note}}