diff --git a/app/helpers/application_helper.rb b/app/helpers/application_helper.rb
index 9c2a622ac..25096a11d 100644
--- a/app/helpers/application_helper.rb
+++ b/app/helpers/application_helper.rb
@@ -232,7 +232,7 @@ module ApplicationHelper
   end
 
   def format_activity_description(text)
-    h(truncate(text.to_s, :length => 120).gsub(%r{[\r\n]*<(pre|code)>.*$}m, '...')
+    h(text.to_s.truncate(120).gsub(%r{[\r\n]*<(pre|code)>.*$}m, '...')
        ).gsub(/[\r\n]+/, "<br />").html_safe
   end