diff --git a/zeppelin-distribution/src/bin_license/LICENSE b/zeppelin-distribution/src/bin_license/LICENSE
index d7cc1ccd60d..ba567ad1b83 100644
--- a/zeppelin-distribution/src/bin_license/LICENSE
+++ b/zeppelin-distribution/src/bin_license/LICENSE
@@ -136,6 +136,7 @@ The text of each license is also included at licenses/LICENSE-[project]-[version
     (The MIT License) slf4j-log4j12 v1.7.10 (org.slf4j:slf4j-log4j12:jar:1.7.10 - http://www.slf4j.org) - http://www.slf4j.org/license.html
     (The MIT License) bcprov-jdk15on v1.51 (org.bouncycastle:bcprov-jdk15on:jar:1.51 - http://www.bouncycastle.org/java.html) - http://www.bouncycastle.org/licence.html
     (The MIT License) AnchorJS (https://github.com/bryanbraun/anchorjs) - https://github.com/bryanbraun/anchorjs/blob/master/README.md#license
+    (The MIT License) moment-duration-format v1.3.0 (https://github.com/jsmreese/moment-duration-format) - https://github.com/jsmreese/moment-duration-format/blob/master/LICENSE
 
 The following components are provided under the MIT License.
 
@@ -145,7 +146,6 @@ The following components are provided under the MIT License.
     (The MIT License) angular-resource (angular-resource - https://github.com/angular/angular.js/tree/master/src/ngResource)
     (The MIT License) minimal-json (com.eclipsesource.minimal-json:minimal-json:0.9.4 - https://github.com/ralfstx/minimal-json)
 
-
 ========================================================================
 BSD-style licenses
 ========================================================================
diff --git a/zeppelin-web/bower.json b/zeppelin-web/bower.json
index 94d228a0eaa..5d849b3490d 100644
--- a/zeppelin-web/bower.json
+++ b/zeppelin-web/bower.json
@@ -30,7 +30,8 @@
     "ngtoast": "~2.0.0",
     "ng-focus-if": "~1.0.2",
     "bootstrap3-dialog": "bootstrap-dialog#~1.34.7",
-    "handsontable": "~0.24.2"
+    "handsontable": "~0.24.2",
+    "moment-duration-format": "^1.3.0"
   },
   "devDependencies": {
     "angular-mocks": "1.5.0"
diff --git a/zeppelin-web/src/app/notebook/paragraph/paragraph.controller.js b/zeppelin-web/src/app/notebook/paragraph/paragraph.controller.js
index a968e080a5b..c70665db9e3 100644
--- a/zeppelin-web/src/app/notebook/paragraph/paragraph.controller.js
+++ b/zeppelin-web/src/app/notebook/paragraph/paragraph.controller.js
@@ -1036,8 +1036,7 @@ angular.module('zeppelinWebApp').controller('ParagraphCtrl', function($scope, $r
       return '';
     }
     var user = (pdata.user === undefined || pdata.user === null) ? 'anonymous' : pdata.user;
-    var desc = 'Took ' +
-      moment.duration(moment(pdata.dateFinished).diff(moment(pdata.dateStarted))).humanize() +
+    var desc = 'Took ' + moment.duration((timeMs / 1000), 'seconds').format('h [hrs] m [min] s [sec]') +
       '. Last updated by ' + user + ' at ' + moment(pdata.dateUpdated).format('MMMM DD YYYY, h:mm:ss A') + '.';
     if ($scope.isResultOutdated()) {
       desc += ' (outdated)';
@@ -2413,4 +2412,3 @@ angular.module('zeppelinWebApp').controller('ParagraphCtrl', function($scope, $r
     }
   });
 });
-
diff --git a/zeppelin-web/src/index.html b/zeppelin-web/src/index.html
index e184954dc3b..e599ff7a827 100644
--- a/zeppelin-web/src/index.html
+++ b/zeppelin-web/src/index.html
@@ -143,6 +143,7 @@
     <script src="bower_components/moment/moment.js"></script>
     <script src="bower_components/pikaday/pikaday.js"></script>
     <script src="bower_components/handsontable/dist/handsontable.js"></script>
+    <script src="bower_components/moment-duration-format/lib/moment-duration-format.js"></script>
     <!-- endbower -->
     <!-- endbuild -->
     <!-- build:js({.tmp,src}) scripts/scripts.js -->
diff --git a/zeppelin-web/test/karma.conf.js b/zeppelin-web/test/karma.conf.js
index 1ec6eb62936..28434ef0203 100644
--- a/zeppelin-web/test/karma.conf.js
+++ b/zeppelin-web/test/karma.conf.js
@@ -63,6 +63,7 @@ module.exports = function(config) {
       'bower_components/moment/moment.js',
       'bower_components/pikaday/pikaday.js',
       'bower_components/handsontable/dist/handsontable.js',
+      'bower_components/moment-duration-format/lib/moment-duration-format.js',
       'bower_components/angular-mocks/angular-mocks.js',
       // endbower
       'src/app/app.js',