diff --git a/inc/template-tags.php b/inc/template-tags.php
index 951449bf..0ff39e25 100644
--- a/inc/template-tags.php
+++ b/inc/template-tags.php
@@ -78,16 +78,18 @@ function _s_posted_on() {
 		esc_html( get_the_modified_date() )
 	);
 
-	printf( __( '<span class="posted-on">Posted on %1$s</span><span class="byline"> by %2$s</span>', '_s' ),
-		sprintf( '<a href="%1$s" rel="bookmark">%2$s</a>',
-			esc_url( get_permalink() ),
-			$time_string
-		),
-		sprintf( '<span class="author vcard"><a class="url fn n" href="%1$s">%2$s</a></span>',
-			esc_url( get_author_posts_url( get_the_author_meta( 'ID' ) ) ),
-			esc_html( get_the_author() )
-		)
+	$posted_on = sprintf(
+		_x( 'Posted on %s', 'post date', '_s' ),
+		'<a href="' . esc_url( get_permalink() ) . '" rel="bookmark">' . $time_string . '</a>'
 	);
+
+	$byline = sprintf(
+		_x( 'by %s', 'post author', '_s' ),
+		'<span class="author vcard"><a class="url fn n" href="' . esc_url( get_author_posts_url( get_the_author_meta( 'ID' ) ) ) . '">' . esc_html( get_the_author() ) . '</a></span>'
+	);
+
+	echo '<span class="posted-on">' . $posted_on . '</span><span class="byline"> ' . $byline . '</span>';
+
 }
 endif;