diff --git a/app/coffeescripts/views/DiscussionTopic/TopicView.coffee b/app/coffeescripts/views/DiscussionTopic/TopicView.coffee
index 920984bdb67..320dc0d80b9 100644
--- a/app/coffeescripts/views/DiscussionTopic/TopicView.coffee
+++ b/app/coffeescripts/views/DiscussionTopic/TopicView.coffee
@@ -166,6 +166,7 @@ define [
         modelData = @model.toJSON()
         modelData.showBoxReplyLink = true
         modelData.root = true
+        modelData.isForMainDiscussion = true
         html = replyTemplate modelData
         @$('#discussion_topic').append html
       super
diff --git a/app/views/jst/discussions/_entry_content.handlebars b/app/views/jst/discussions/_entry_content.handlebars
index d33c9eb0b32..e011e092e68 100644
--- a/app/views/jst/discussions/_entry_content.handlebars
+++ b/app/views/jst/discussions/_entry_content.handlebars
@@ -74,7 +74,8 @@
      data-event="addReply"
      href="#">
     <i class="icon-replied"></i>
-    {{#t "write_a_reply"}}Reply{{/t}}
+    <span aria-hidden="true">{{#t "write_a_reply"}}Reply{{/t}}</span>
+    <span class="screenreader-only">{{#t}}Reply to Comment{{/t}}</span>
   </a>
 </div>
 {{/if}}
diff --git a/app/views/jst/discussions/_reply_form.handlebars b/app/views/jst/discussions/_reply_form.handlebars
index e23224a39c9..d9938bbdf8b 100644
--- a/app/views/jst/discussions/_reply_form.handlebars
+++ b/app/views/jst/discussions/_reply_form.handlebars
@@ -3,7 +3,12 @@
     <div class="notification" data-bind="notification"></div>
     <a class="discussion-reply-action discussion-reply-box" data-event="addReply" href="#">
       <i class="icon-replied"></i>
-      {{#t "write_a_reply"}}Reply{{/t}}
+      <span aria-hidden="true">{{#t "write_a_reply"}}Reply{{/t}}</span>
+      {{#if isForMainDiscussion}}
+        <span class="screenreader-only">{{#t}}Reply to Main Discussion{{/t}}</span>
+      {{else}}
+        <span class="screenreader-only">{{#t}}Reply to Comment{{/t}}</span>
+      {{/if}}
     </a>
   </div>
 {{/if}}