diff --git a/src/applications/differential/controller/DifferentialChangesetViewController.php b/src/applications/differential/controller/DifferentialChangesetViewController.php
--- a/src/applications/differential/controller/DifferentialChangesetViewController.php
+++ b/src/applications/differential/controller/DifferentialChangesetViewController.php
@@ -367,8 +367,10 @@
 
       if ($changeset_id >= $first_new_id) {
         $name_map = $name_map_new;
+        $is_new = true;
       } else {
         $name_map = $name_map_old;
+        $is_new = false;
       }
 
       $filename = $changeset->getFilename();
@@ -376,6 +378,15 @@
         // This changeset is on a file with the same name as the current
         // changeset, so we're going to port it forward or backward.
         $target_id = $name_map[$filename];
+        if ($is_new) {
+          $reason = pht(
+            'This comment was made on a file with the same name, but '.
+            'in a newer diff.');
+        } else {
+          $reason = pht(
+            'This comment was made on a file with the same name, but '.
+            'in an older diff.');
+        }
       }
 
       // If we found a changeset to port this comment to, bring it forward
@@ -384,7 +395,11 @@
         $inline
           ->makeEphemeral(true)
           ->setChangesetID($target_id)
-          ->setIsGhost(true);
+          ->setIsGhost(
+            array(
+              'new' => $is_new,
+              'reason' => $reason,
+            ));
 
         $results[] = $inline;
       }
diff --git a/src/infrastructure/diff/view/PHUIDiffInlineCommentDetailView.php b/src/infrastructure/diff/view/PHUIDiffInlineCommentDetailView.php
--- a/src/infrastructure/diff/view/PHUIDiffInlineCommentDetailView.php
+++ b/src/infrastructure/diff/view/PHUIDiffInlineCommentDetailView.php
@@ -123,14 +123,25 @@
     }
 
     $ghost_tag = null;
-    if ($inline->getIsGhost()) {
-      // TODO: This could also be a newer comment, not necessarily an older
-      // comment.
+    $ghost = $inline->getIsGhost();
+    if ($ghost) {
+      if ($ghost['new']) {
+        $ghost_text = pht('Newer Comment');
+      } else {
+        $ghost_text = pht('Older Comment');
+      }
+
       $ghost_tag = id(new PHUITagView())
         ->setType(PHUITagView::TYPE_SHADE)
-        ->setName(pht('Old Comment'))
+        ->setName($ghost_text)
         ->setSlimShady(true)
         ->setShade(PHUITagView::COLOR_BLUE)
+        ->addSigil('has-tooltip')
+        ->setMetadata(
+          array(
+            'tip' => $ghost['reason'],
+            'size' => 300,
+          ))
         ->addClass('mml');
       $classes[] = 'inline-comment-ghost';
     }