diff --git a/app/views/account/_signup_form.rhtml b/app/views/account/_signup_form.rhtml
index 396da53..3a9f9db 100644
--- a/app/views/account/_signup_form.rhtml
+++ b/app/views/account/_signup_form.rhtml
@@ -37,6 +37,7 @@
         <%= required text_field(:user, :login, :id => 'user_login',
                                 :onchange => 'this.value = convToValidUsername(this.value);') %>
         <div id='url-check'><p>&nbsp;</p></div>
+        <span id='checking-message' class='checking' style='display:none'><%= _('Checking availability of login name...') %></span>
       </div>
       <%= content_tag(:small, _('Choose your login name carefully! It will be your network access and you will not be able to change it later.'), :id => 'signup-balloon') %>
       <br style="clear: both;" />
diff --git a/public/javascripts/signup_form.js b/public/javascripts/signup_form.js
index 6923fd0..55e132e 100644
--- a/public/javascripts/signup_form.js
+++ b/public/javascripts/signup_form.js
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 function verifyLoginLoad() {
   jQuery('#user_login').removeClass('available unavailable valid validated invalid checking').addClass('checking');
-  jQuery('#url-check').html("<p><span class='checking'><%= _('Checking availability of login name...') %></span></p>");
+  jQuery('#url-check').html(jQuery('#checking-message').html());
 }
 
 function verifyLoginAjax(value) {
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