diff --git a/app/javascript/mastodon/components/status.js b/app/javascript/mastodon/components/status.js
index 9809a9a329..7090c12d01 100644
--- a/app/javascript/mastodon/components/status.js
+++ b/app/javascript/mastodon/components/status.js
@@ -18,12 +18,12 @@ import classNames from 'classnames';
 // to use the progress bar to show download progress
 import Bundle from '../features/ui/components/bundle';
 
-export const textForScreenReader = (intl, status, rebloggedByText = false, expanded = false) => {
+export const textForScreenReader = (intl, status, rebloggedByText = false) => {
   const displayName = status.getIn(['account', 'display_name']);
 
   const values = [
     displayName.length === 0 ? status.getIn(['account', 'acct']).split('@')[0] : displayName,
-    status.get('spoiler_text') && !expanded ? status.get('spoiler_text') : status.get('search_index').slice(status.get('spoiler_text').length),
+    status.get('spoiler_text') && status.get('hidden') ? status.get('spoiler_text') : status.get('search_index').slice(status.get('spoiler_text').length),
     intl.formatDate(status.get('created_at'), { hour: '2-digit', minute: '2-digit', month: 'short', day: 'numeric' }),
     status.getIn(['account', 'acct']),
   ];
diff --git a/app/javascript/mastodon/features/notifications/components/notification.js b/app/javascript/mastodon/features/notifications/components/notification.js
index f58224a8b4..07fec84b24 100644
--- a/app/javascript/mastodon/features/notifications/components/notification.js
+++ b/app/javascript/mastodon/features/notifications/components/notification.js
@@ -3,11 +3,20 @@ import PropTypes from 'prop-types';
 import ImmutablePropTypes from 'react-immutable-proptypes';
 import StatusContainer from '../../../containers/status_container';
 import AccountContainer from '../../../containers/account_container';
-import { FormattedMessage } from 'react-intl';
+import { injectIntl, FormattedMessage } from 'react-intl';
 import Permalink from '../../../components/permalink';
 import ImmutablePureComponent from 'react-immutable-pure-component';
 import { HotKeys } from 'react-hotkeys';
 
+const notificationForScreenReader = (intl, message, timestamp) => {
+  const output = [message];
+
+  output.push(intl.formatDate(timestamp, { hour: '2-digit', minute: '2-digit', month: 'short', day: 'numeric' }));
+
+  return output.join(', ');
+};
+
+@injectIntl
 export default class Notification extends ImmutablePureComponent {
 
   static contextTypes = {
@@ -20,6 +29,7 @@ export default class Notification extends ImmutablePureComponent {
     onMoveUp: PropTypes.func.isRequired,
     onMoveDown: PropTypes.func.isRequired,
     onMention: PropTypes.func.isRequired,
+    intl: PropTypes.object.isRequired,
   };
 
   handleMoveUp = () => {
@@ -65,10 +75,12 @@ export default class Notification extends ImmutablePureComponent {
     };
   }
 
-  renderFollow (account, link) {
+  renderFollow (notification, account, link) {
+    const { intl } = this.props;
+
     return (
       <HotKeys handlers={this.getHandlers()}>
-        <div className='notification notification-follow focusable' tabIndex='0'>
+        <div className='notification notification-follow focusable' tabIndex='0' aria-label={notificationForScreenReader(intl, intl.formatMessage({ id: 'notification.follow', defaultMessage: '{name} followed you' }, { name: account.get('acct') }), notification.get('created_at'))}>
           <div className='notification__message'>
             <div className='notification__favourite-icon-wrapper'>
               <i className='fa fa-fw fa-user-plus' />
@@ -97,9 +109,11 @@ export default class Notification extends ImmutablePureComponent {
   }
 
   renderFavourite (notification, link) {
+    const { intl } = this.props;
+
     return (
       <HotKeys handlers={this.getHandlers()}>
-        <div className='notification notification-favourite focusable' tabIndex='0'>
+        <div className='notification notification-favourite focusable' tabIndex='0' aria-label={notificationForScreenReader(intl, intl.formatMessage({ id: 'notification.favourite', defaultMessage: '{name} favourited your status' }, { name: notification.getIn(['account', 'acct']) }), notification.get('created_at'))}>
           <div className='notification__message'>
             <div className='notification__favourite-icon-wrapper'>
               <i className='fa fa-fw fa-star star-icon' />
@@ -114,9 +128,11 @@ export default class Notification extends ImmutablePureComponent {
   }
 
   renderReblog (notification, link) {
+    const { intl } = this.props;
+
     return (
       <HotKeys handlers={this.getHandlers()}>
-        <div className='notification notification-reblog focusable' tabIndex='0'>
+        <div className='notification notification-reblog focusable' tabIndex='0' aria-label={notificationForScreenReader(intl, intl.formatMessage({ id: 'notification.reblog', defaultMessage: '{name} boosted your status' }, { name: notification.getIn(['account', 'acct']) }), notification.get('created_at'))}>
           <div className='notification__message'>
             <div className='notification__favourite-icon-wrapper'>
               <i className='fa fa-fw fa-retweet' />
@@ -138,7 +154,7 @@ export default class Notification extends ImmutablePureComponent {
 
     switch(notification.get('type')) {
     case 'follow':
-      return this.renderFollow(account, link);
+      return this.renderFollow(notification, account, link);
     case 'mention':
       return this.renderMention(notification);
     case 'favourite':
diff --git a/app/javascript/mastodon/reducers/notifications.js b/app/javascript/mastodon/reducers/notifications.js
index 84d4fc6988..0b29f19fa4 100644
--- a/app/javascript/mastodon/reducers/notifications.js
+++ b/app/javascript/mastodon/reducers/notifications.js
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@ const notificationToMap = notification => ImmutableMap({
   id: notification.id,
   type: notification.type,
   account: notification.account.id,
+  created_at: notification.created_at,
   status: notification.status ? notification.status.id : null,
 });