diff --git a/src/Indicator/Widgets/IndicatorWidget.vala b/src/Indicator/Widgets/IndicatorWidget.vala
index 80301e90c..9ae6aa590 100644
--- a/src/Indicator/Widgets/IndicatorWidget.vala
+++ b/src/Indicator/Widgets/IndicatorWidget.vala
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ public class Monitor.IndicatorWidget : Gtk.Box {
     public string icon_name { get; construct; }
 
     protected Gtk.Label label;
+    protected Gtk.Label secondary_label;
 
     public IndicatorWidget (string icon_name) {
         Object (
@@ -28,6 +29,15 @@ public class Monitor.IndicatorWidget : Gtk.Box {
             width_chars = 4,
         };
 
+        secondary_label = new Gtk.Label (Utils.NOT_AVAILABLE) {
+            margin_start = 2,
+            margin_end = 2,
+            margin_top = 2,
+            margin_bottom = 2,
+            width_chars = 4,
+            visible = false,
+        };
+
         append (icon);
         append (label);
     }
diff --git a/src/Indicator/Widgets/IndicatorWidgetBandwidth.vala b/src/Indicator/Widgets/IndicatorWidgetBandwidth.vala
index 75bdad803..211d731a4 100644
--- a/src/Indicator/Widgets/IndicatorWidgetBandwidth.vala
+++ b/src/Indicator/Widgets/IndicatorWidgetBandwidth.vala
@@ -8,9 +8,24 @@ public class Monitor.IndicatorWidgetBandwidth : Monitor.IndicatorWidget {
         base (icon_name);
     }
 
+    construct {
+        label.xalign = 0.5f;
+        label.margin_end = 0;
+        label.width_chars = 3;
+        label.max_width_chars = 3;
+        secondary_label.xalign = 1;
+        secondary_label.visible = true;
+        append (secondary_label);
+    }
+
     public override void update_label (Value value) {
         uint64 bandwidth = value.get_uint64 ();
 
-        label.label = Utils.Strings.format_network_speed (bandwidth);
+        string speed_value;
+        string speed_unit;
+        Utils.Strings.format_network_speed (bandwidth, out speed_value, out speed_unit);
+
+        label.label = speed_value;
+        secondary_label.label = speed_unit;
     }
 }
diff --git a/src/Indicator/Widgets/IndicatorWidgetFrequency.vala b/src/Indicator/Widgets/IndicatorWidgetFrequency.vala
index 5aabb5def..efacf9ef4 100644
--- a/src/Indicator/Widgets/IndicatorWidgetFrequency.vala
+++ b/src/Indicator/Widgets/IndicatorWidgetFrequency.vala
@@ -8,9 +8,21 @@ public class Monitor.IndicatorWidgetFrequency : Monitor.IndicatorWidget {
         base (icon_name);
     }
 
+    construct {
+        secondary_label.width_chars = 3;
+        secondary_label.margin_start = 0;
+        secondary_label.visible = true;
+        append (secondary_label);
+    }
+
     public override void update_label (Value value) {
         double frequency = value.get_double ();
 
-        label.label = Utils.Strings.format_frequency (frequency);
+        string frequency_value;
+        string frequency_unit;
+        Utils.Strings.format_frequency (frequency, out frequency_value, out frequency_unit);
+
+        label.label = frequency_value;
+        secondary_label.label = frequency_unit;
     }
 }
diff --git a/src/Utils.vala b/src/Utils.vala
index e1bb59859..9dfc19ee7 100644
--- a/src/Utils.vala
+++ b/src/Utils.vala
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@
 namespace Monitor.Utils {
     const int BITS_IN_BYTES = 8;
     const int MHZ_IN_GHZ = 1000;
+    const int IEC_UNIT_BASE = 1024;
 
     const string NOT_AVAILABLE = (_("N/A"));
     const string NO_DATA = "\u2014";
@@ -52,27 +53,39 @@ public class Monitor.Utils.Strings {
         return pretty;
     }
 
-    public static string format_frequency (double mhz) {
+    public static void format_frequency (double mhz, out string frequency_value, out string frequency_unit) {
         var frequency = mhz;
         if (frequency >= MHZ_IN_GHZ) {
             frequency /= MHZ_IN_GHZ;
             ///TRANSLATORS: The first param is the cpu frequency speed value and
             ///the second param is the cpu frequency speed unit viz. "Ghz" for gigahertz.
-            return _("%.2f Ghz").printf (frequency);
+            frequency_value = _("%.2f").printf (frequency);
+            frequency_unit = _("Ghz");
+            return;
         }
 
         ///TRANSLATORS: The first param is the cpu frequency speed value and
         ///the second param is the cpu frequency speed unit viz. "Mhz" for megahertz.
-        return _("%.0f Mhz").printf (frequency);
+        frequency_value = _("%.0f").printf (frequency);
+        frequency_unit = _("Mhz");
     }
 
-    public static string format_network_speed (uint64 speed_in_bytes_per_second) {
-        ///TRANSLATORS: The first param is the numeric value (as string) of network speed.
-        ///The second param with the appended "/s" is the network speed unit such as "Mb/s" for megabits per second.
-        return _("%s %s/s").printf (
-            format_size (speed_in_bytes_per_second * BITS_IN_BYTES, BITS | IEC_UNITS | ONLY_VALUE),
-            format_size (speed_in_bytes_per_second * BITS_IN_BYTES, BITS | ONLY_UNIT)
-        );
+    public static void format_network_speed (uint64 speed_in_bytes_per_second, out string speed_value, out string speed_unit) {
+        ///TRANSLATORS: These are the network speed unit such as "Mbps" for "megabits per second".
+        string[] units = {_("bps"), _("Kbps"), _("Mbps"), _("Gbps"), _("Tbps")};
+
+        var speed_in_bits_per_second = speed_in_bytes_per_second * BITS_IN_BYTES;
+
+        int unit_index = 0;
+        while ((speed_in_bits_per_second / IEC_UNIT_BASE) > 0 && (unit_index < units.length)) {
+            unit_index++;
+            speed_in_bits_per_second /= IEC_UNIT_BASE;
+        }
+
+        ///TRANSLATORS: This is the numeric value of network speed.
+        speed_value = _("%llu").printf (speed_in_bits_per_second);
+
+        speed_unit = units[unit_index];
     }
 }
 
diff --git a/src/Views/SystemView/SystemCPUView.vala b/src/Views/SystemView/SystemCPUView.vala
index a17ff781d..403da5653 100644
--- a/src/Views/SystemView/SystemCPUView.vala
+++ b/src/Views/SystemView/SystemCPUView.vala
@@ -116,7 +116,12 @@ public class Monitor.SystemCPUView : Monitor.WidgetResource {
         }
 
         main_metric_value = ("%d%%").printf (cpu.percentage);
-        cpu_frequency_label.text = Utils.Strings.format_frequency (cpu.frequency);
+        string frequency_value;
+        string frequency_unit;
+        Utils.Strings.format_frequency (cpu.frequency, out frequency_value, out frequency_unit);
+        ///TRANSLATORS: The first param is the cpu frequency speed value (as a string) and
+        ///the second param is the cpu frequency speed unit such as "Ghz" for "gigahertz" or "Mhz" for "megahertz".
+        cpu_frequency_label.text = _("%s %s").printf (frequency_value, frequency_unit);
     }
 
     private Gtk.Grid grid_core_labels () {
diff --git a/src/Views/SystemView/SystemNetworkView.vala b/src/Views/SystemView/SystemNetworkView.vala
index dd5d1fb7d..0f6ceeee0 100644
--- a/src/Views/SystemView/SystemNetworkView.vala
+++ b/src/Views/SystemView/SystemNetworkView.vala
@@ -60,8 +60,16 @@ public class Monitor.SystemNetworkView : Gtk.Grid {
         double up_bytes = network.bytes_out;
         double down_bytes = network.bytes_in;
         if (up_bytes >= 0 && down_bytes >= 0) {
-            network_download_label.text = Utils.Strings.format_network_speed ((uint64) down_bytes);
-            network_upload_label.text = Utils.Strings.format_network_speed ((uint64) up_bytes);
+            string speed_value;
+            string speed_unit;
+            Utils.Strings.format_frequency ((uint64) down_bytes, out speed_value, out speed_unit);
+            ///TRANSLATORS: The first param is the numeric value (as string) of network speed.
+            ///The second param is the network speed unit such as "Mbps" for "megabits per second".
+            network_download_label.text = _("%s %s").printf (speed_value, speed_unit);
+            Utils.Strings.format_frequency ((uint64) up_bytes, out speed_value, out speed_unit);
+            ///TRANSLATORS: The first param is the numeric value (as string) of network speed.
+            ///The second param is the network speed unit such as "Mbps" for "megabits per second".
+            network_upload_label.text = _("%s %s").printf (speed_value, speed_unit);
             network_chart.update (0, up_bytes);
             network_chart.update (1, down_bytes);
         }