diff --git a/searchPages/searchUtils/searchSorting.component.ts b/searchPages/searchUtils/searchSorting.component.ts
index b2915399..25a7bc2c 100644
--- a/searchPages/searchUtils/searchSorting.component.ts
+++ b/searchPages/searchUtils/searchSorting.component.ts
@@ -24,12 +24,12 @@ import {RouterHelper} from '../../utils/routerHelper.class';
       </select-->
 
       <span class="uk-width-2-3@m uk-width-1-1@s uk-float-right">
-        <span class="uk-width-1-3"> Sort by:</span>
-        <select class="uk-select uk-width-2-3@m uk-width-auto" id="form-horizontal-select" name="select_results_per_page"
+        <span class="uk-width-1-4"> Sort by:</span>
+        <select class="uk-select uk-width-3-4@m uk-width-auto" id="form-horizontal-select" name="select_results_per_page"
                 [(ngModel)]="sortBy" (ngModelChange)="sortByChanged()">
                 <option value="">Relevance</option>
-                <option value="resultdateofacceptance,descending">Date (newest)</option>
-                <option value="resultdateofacceptance,ascending">Date (oldest)</option>
+                <option value="resultdateofacceptance,descending">Date (most recent)</option>
+                <option value="resultdateofacceptance,ascending">Date (least recent)</option>
         </select>
       </span>