diff --git a/frappe/tests/test_utils.py b/frappe/tests/test_utils.py
index 105f0f3eed..899e0e7299 100644
--- a/frappe/tests/test_utils.py
+++ b/frappe/tests/test_utils.py
@@ -685,7 +685,6 @@ class TestDateUtils(IntegrationTestCase):
 	def test_pretty_date(self):
 		from frappe import _
 
-		# differnt cases
 		now = get_datetime()
 
 		test_cases = {
@@ -707,6 +706,8 @@ class TestDateUtils(IntegrationTestCase):
 		for dt, exp_message in test_cases.items():
 			self.assertEqual(pretty_date(dt), exp_message)
 
+		self.assertEqual(pretty_date(add_to_date(now, days=-5), mini=True), "5d")
+
 	def test_date_from_timegrain(self):
 		start_date = getdate("2021-01-01")
 
diff --git a/frappe/utils/data.py b/frappe/utils/data.py
index 44aee027f1..06fbe28b44 100644
--- a/frappe/utils/data.py
+++ b/frappe/utils/data.py
@@ -1692,7 +1692,7 @@ def escape_html(text: str) -> str:
 	return "".join(html_escape_table.get(c, c) for c in text)
 
 
-def pretty_date(iso_datetime: datetime.datetime | str) -> str:
+def pretty_date(iso_datetime: datetime.datetime | str, mini=False) -> str:
 	"""Return a localized string representation of the delta to the current system time.
 
 	For example, "1 hour ago", "2 days ago", "in 5 seconds", etc.
@@ -1706,7 +1706,12 @@ def pretty_date(iso_datetime: datetime.datetime | str) -> str:
 		iso_datetime = get_datetime(iso_datetime)
 	now_dt = now_datetime()
 	locale = frappe.local.lang.replace("-", "_") if frappe.local.lang else None
-	return format_timedelta(iso_datetime - now_dt, add_direction=True, locale=locale)
+	return format_timedelta(
+		iso_datetime - now_dt,
+		add_direction=not mini,
+		locale=locale,
+		format="long" if not mini else "narrow",
+	)
 
 
 def comma_or(some_list: list | tuple, add_quotes=True) -> str: