Index: src/wp-includes/widgets.php
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--- src/wp-includes/widgets.php	(revision 48371)
+++ src/wp-includes/widgets.php	(working copy)
@@ -1642,17 +1642,21 @@
 	}
 	?>
 	</select></p>
-<?php endif; if ( $inputs['show_summary'] ) : ?>
-	<p><input id="rss-show-summary-<?php echo $esc_number; ?>" name="widget-rss[<?php echo $esc_number; ?>][show_summary]" type="checkbox" value="1" <?php checked( $args['show_summary'] ); ?> />
-	<label for="rss-show-summary-<?php echo $esc_number; ?>"><?php _e( 'Display item content?' ); ?></label></p>
+<?php endif; if ( $inputs['show_summary'] || $inputs['show_author'] || $inputs['show_date'] ) : ?>
+	<p>
+<?php if ( $inputs['show_summary'] ) : ?>
+	<input id="rss-show-summary-<?php echo $esc_number; ?>" name="widget-rss[<?php echo $esc_number; ?>][show_summary]" type="checkbox" value="1" <?php checked( $args['show_summary'] ); ?> />
+	<label for="rss-show-summary-<?php echo $esc_number; ?>"><?php _e( 'Display item content?' ); ?></label><br />
 <?php endif; if ( $inputs['show_author'] ) : ?>
-	<p><input id="rss-show-author-<?php echo $esc_number; ?>" name="widget-rss[<?php echo $esc_number; ?>][show_author]" type="checkbox" value="1" <?php checked( $args['show_author'] ); ?> />
-	<label for="rss-show-author-<?php echo $esc_number; ?>"><?php _e( 'Display item author if available?' ); ?></label></p>
+	<input id="rss-show-author-<?php echo $esc_number; ?>" name="widget-rss[<?php echo $esc_number; ?>][show_author]" type="checkbox" value="1" <?php checked( $args['show_author'] ); ?> />
+	<label for="rss-show-author-<?php echo $esc_number; ?>"><?php _e( 'Display item author if available?' ); ?></label><br />
 <?php endif; if ( $inputs['show_date'] ) : ?>
-	<p><input id="rss-show-date-<?php echo $esc_number; ?>" name="widget-rss[<?php echo $esc_number; ?>][show_date]" type="checkbox" value="1" <?php checked( $args['show_date'] ); ?>/>
-	<label for="rss-show-date-<?php echo $esc_number; ?>"><?php _e( 'Display item date?' ); ?></label></p>
+	<input id="rss-show-date-<?php echo $esc_number; ?>" name="widget-rss[<?php echo $esc_number; ?>][show_date]" type="checkbox" value="1" <?php checked( $args['show_date'] ); ?>/>
+	<label for="rss-show-date-<?php echo $esc_number; ?>"><?php _e( 'Display item date?' ); ?></label><br />
+<?php endif; ?>
+	</p>
 	<?php
-	endif;
+	endif; // end of display options
 foreach ( array_keys( $default_inputs ) as $input ) :
 	if ( 'hidden' === $inputs[ $input ] ) :
 		$id = str_replace( '_', '-', $input );