diff --git a/app/javascript/mastodon/features/compose/components/character_counter.js b/app/javascript/mastodon/features/compose/components/character_counter.js
index 0ecfc9141..9ffae9949 100644
--- a/app/javascript/mastodon/features/compose/components/character_counter.js
+++ b/app/javascript/mastodon/features/compose/components/character_counter.js
@@ -6,20 +6,22 @@ export default class CharacterCounter extends React.PureComponent {
 
   static propTypes = {
     text: PropTypes.string.isRequired,
-    max: PropTypes.number.isRequired,
+    max : PropTypes.number.isRequired,
   };
 
-  checkRemainingText (diff) {
+  checkRemainingText(textlength, max) {
+    const diff = this.props.max - textlength;
     if (diff < 0) {
-      return <span className='character-counter character-counter--over'>{diff}</span>;
+      return <span className='character-counter character-counter--over'>{diff}</span >;
     }
 
-    return <span className='character-counter'>{diff}</span>;
+    return <span className='character-counter'>{textlength} / {max}</span >;
   }
 
-  render () {
-    const diff = this.props.max - length(this.props.text);
-    return this.checkRemainingText(diff);
+  render() {
+
+    const leng = length(this.props.text);
+    return this.checkRemainingText(leng, this.props.max);
   }
 
 }