diff --git a/epan/column-utils.c b/epan/column-utils.c
index d9e8b1bc0b..8db8521e67 100644
--- a/epan/column-utils.c
+++ b/epan/column-utils.c
@@ -409,6 +409,15 @@ col_append_lstr(column_info *cinfo, const gint el, const gchar *str1, ...)
   }
 }
 
+void
+col_append_str_uint(column_info *cinfo, const gint col, const gchar *sep, const gchar *abbrev, guint32 val)
+{
+  char buf[16];
+
+  guint32_to_str_buf(val, buf, sizeof(buf));
+  col_append_lstr(cinfo, col, sep ? sep : "", abbrev, "=", buf, COL_ADD_LSTR_TERMINATOR);
+}
+
 static void
 col_do_append_fstr(column_info *cinfo, const int el, const char *separator, const char *format, va_list ap)
 {
diff --git a/epan/column-utils.h b/epan/column-utils.h
index 5da1c805bc..af4eb28c48 100644
--- a/epan/column-utils.h
+++ b/epan/column-utils.h
@@ -269,6 +269,16 @@ gboolean col_based_on_frame_data(column_info *cinfo, const gint col);
  */
 WS_DLL_PUBLIC void	col_append_str(column_info *cinfo, const gint col, const gchar *str);
 
+/** Append <abbrev>=<val> to a column element, the text will be copied.
+ *
+ * @param cinfo the current packet row
+ * @param col the column to use, e.g. COL_INFO
+ * @param sep an optional separator to prepend to abbrev
+ * @param abbrev the string to append
+ * @param val the value to append
+ */
+WS_DLL_PUBLIC void col_append_str_uint(column_info *cinfo, const gint col, const gchar *sep, const gchar *abbrev, guint32 val);
+
 /* Append the given strings (terminated by COL_ADD_LSTR_TERMINATOR) to a column element,
  *
  * Same result as col_append_str() called for every string element.
diff --git a/epan/dissectors/packet-tcp.c b/epan/dissectors/packet-tcp.c
index af27d5917f..ef939b2c25 100644
--- a/epan/dissectors/packet-tcp.c
+++ b/epan/dissectors/packet-tcp.c
@@ -2516,13 +2516,8 @@ tcp_dissect_pdus(tvbuff_t *tvb, packet_info *pinfo, proto_tree *tree,
 static void
 tcp_info_append_uint(packet_info *pinfo, const char *abbrev, guint32 val)
 {
-    char buf[16];
-
-    guint32_to_str_buf(val, buf, sizeof(buf));
     /* fstr(" %s=%u", abbrev, val) */
-    col_append_lstr(pinfo->cinfo, COL_INFO,
-        " ", abbrev, "=", buf,
-        COL_ADD_LSTR_TERMINATOR);
+    col_append_str_uint(pinfo->cinfo, COL_INFO, " ", abbrev, val);
 }
 
 static void
@@ -4380,7 +4375,7 @@ dissect_tcp(tvbuff_t *tvb, packet_info *pinfo, proto_tree *tree)
     dst_port_str = tcp_port_to_display(wmem_packet_scope(), tcph->th_dport);
     col_add_lstr(pinfo->cinfo, COL_INFO,
         src_port_str,
-        "\xe2\x86\x92", /* UTF8_RIGHTWARDS_ARROW */
+        " \xe2\x86\x92 ", /* UTF8_RIGHTWARDS_ARROW */
         dst_port_str,
         COL_ADD_LSTR_TERMINATOR);
 
diff --git a/epan/dissectors/packet-udp.c b/epan/dissectors/packet-udp.c
index 27612225ea..e7d26e30ea 100644
--- a/epan/dissectors/packet-udp.c
+++ b/epan/dissectors/packet-udp.c
@@ -714,11 +714,11 @@ dissect(tvbuff_t *tvb, packet_info *pinfo, proto_tree *tree, guint32 ip_proto)
 
   src_port_str = udp_port_to_display(wmem_packet_scope(), udph->uh_sport);
   dst_port_str = udp_port_to_display(wmem_packet_scope(), udph->uh_dport);
-
   col_add_lstr(pinfo->cinfo, COL_INFO,
-    "Source port: ", src_port_str, "  "
-    "Destination port: ", dst_port_str,
-    COL_ADD_LSTR_TERMINATOR);
+               src_port_str,
+               " \xe2\x86\x92 ", /* UTF8_RIGHTWARDS_ARROW */
+               dst_port_str,
+               COL_ADD_LSTR_TERMINATOR);
 
   if (tree) {
     if (udp_summary_in_tree) {
@@ -821,6 +821,7 @@ dissect(tvbuff_t *tvb, packet_info *pinfo, proto_tree *tree, guint32 ip_proto)
     }
   }
 
+  col_append_str_uint(pinfo->cinfo, COL_INFO, " ", "Len", udph->uh_ulen - 8); /* Payload length */
   udph->uh_sum_cov = (udph->uh_sum_cov) ? udph->uh_sum_cov : udph->uh_ulen;
   udph->uh_sum = tvb_get_ntohs(tvb, offset+6);
   reported_len = tvb_reported_length(tvb);