diff --git a/commands.go b/commands.go
index 480e74530e..d24607d7a2 100644
--- a/commands.go
+++ b/commands.go
@@ -449,7 +449,7 @@ func (srv *Server) CmdImages(stdin io.ReadCloser, stdout io.Writer, args ...stri
 		//					for idx, field := range []string{
 		//						/* NAME */ name,
 		//						/* ID */ img.Id,
-		//						/* CREATED */ future.HumanDuration(time.Now().Sub(time.Unix(img.Created, 0))) + " ago",
+		//						/* CREATED */ HumanDuration(time.Now().Sub(time.Unix(img.Created, 0))) + " ago",
 		//						/* PARENT */ img.Parent,
 		//					} {
 		//						if idx == 0 {
@@ -499,7 +499,7 @@ func (srv *Server) CmdPs(stdin io.ReadCloser, stdout io.Writer, args ...string)
 				/* ID */ container.Id,
 				/* IMAGE */ container.Image,
 				/* COMMAND */ command,
-				/* CREATED */ future.HumanDuration(time.Now().Sub(container.Created)) + " ago",
+				/* CREATED */ HumanDuration(time.Now().Sub(container.Created)) + " ago",
 				/* STATUS */ container.State.String(),
 				/* COMMENT */ "",
 			} {
diff --git a/future/future.go b/future/future.go
index 21b0eee385..bd62b353e0 100644
--- a/future/future.go
+++ b/future/future.go
@@ -23,29 +23,6 @@ func ComputeId(content io.Reader) (string, error) {
 	return fmt.Sprintf("%x", h.Sum(nil)[:8]), nil
 }
 
-func HumanDuration(d time.Duration) string {
-	if seconds := int(d.Seconds()); seconds < 1 {
-		return "Less than a second"
-	} else if seconds < 60 {
-		return fmt.Sprintf("%d seconds", seconds)
-	} else if minutes := int(d.Minutes()); minutes == 1 {
-		return "About a minute"
-	} else if minutes < 60 {
-		return fmt.Sprintf("%d minutes", minutes)
-	} else if hours := int(d.Hours()); hours == 1 {
-		return "About an hour"
-	} else if hours < 48 {
-		return fmt.Sprintf("%d hours", hours)
-	} else if hours < 24*7*2 {
-		return fmt.Sprintf("%d days", hours/24)
-	} else if hours < 24*30*3 {
-		return fmt.Sprintf("%d weeks", hours/24/7)
-	} else if hours < 24*365*2 {
-		return fmt.Sprintf("%d months", hours/24/30)
-	}
-	return fmt.Sprintf("%d years", d.Hours()/24/365)
-}
-
 func randomBytes() io.Reader {
 	return bytes.NewBuffer([]byte(fmt.Sprintf("%x", rand.Int())))
 }
diff --git a/state.go b/state.go
index d2c53b83ce..f438ff8727 100644
--- a/state.go
+++ b/state.go
@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@ package docker
 
 import (
 	"fmt"
-	"github.com/dotcloud/docker/future"
 	"sync"
 	"time"
 )
@@ -20,7 +19,7 @@ type State struct {
 // String returns a human-readable description of the state
 func (s *State) String() string {
 	if s.Running {
-		return fmt.Sprintf("Up %s", future.HumanDuration(time.Now().Sub(s.StartedAt)))
+		return fmt.Sprintf("Up %s", HumanDuration(time.Now().Sub(s.StartedAt)))
 	}
 	return fmt.Sprintf("Exit %d", s.ExitCode)
 }
diff --git a/utils.go b/utils.go
index 520073e3ab..9a409f6b59 100644
--- a/utils.go
+++ b/utils.go
@@ -3,13 +3,40 @@ package docker
 import (
 	"bytes"
 	"container/list"
+	"fmt"
 	"io"
 	"os"
 	"os/exec"
 	"path/filepath"
 	"sync"
+	"time"
 )
 
+// HumanDuration returns a human-readable approximation of a duration
+// (eg. "About a minute", "4 hours ago", etc.)
+func HumanDuration(d time.Duration) string {
+	if seconds := int(d.Seconds()); seconds < 1 {
+		return "Less than a second"
+	} else if seconds < 60 {
+		return fmt.Sprintf("%d seconds", seconds)
+	} else if minutes := int(d.Minutes()); minutes == 1 {
+		return "About a minute"
+	} else if minutes < 60 {
+		return fmt.Sprintf("%d minutes", minutes)
+	} else if hours := int(d.Hours()); hours == 1 {
+		return "About an hour"
+	} else if hours < 48 {
+		return fmt.Sprintf("%d hours", hours)
+	} else if hours < 24*7*2 {
+		return fmt.Sprintf("%d days", hours/24)
+	} else if hours < 24*30*3 {
+		return fmt.Sprintf("%d weeks", hours/24/7)
+	} else if hours < 24*365*2 {
+		return fmt.Sprintf("%d months", hours/24/30)
+	}
+	return fmt.Sprintf("%d years", d.Hours()/24/365)
+}
+
 func Trunc(s string, maxlen int) string {
 	if len(s) <= maxlen {
 		return s