diff --git a/wp-admin/js/set-post-thumbnail.dev.js b/wp-admin/js/set-post-thumbnail.dev.js
index fffdc1c3ed..d8ea68b1db 100644
--- a/wp-admin/js/set-post-thumbnail.dev.js
+++ b/wp-admin/js/set-post-thumbnail.dev.js
@@ -11,7 +11,8 @@ function WPSetAsThumbnail(id){
 			alert( setPostThumbnailL10n.error );
 		} else {
 			jQuery('a.wp-post-thumbnail').show();
-			$link.hide();
+			$link.text( setPostThumbnailL10n.done );
+			$link.fadeOut( 2000 );
 			win.WPSetThumbnailID(id);
 			win.WPSetThumbnailHTML(str);
 		}
diff --git a/wp-admin/js/set-post-thumbnail.js b/wp-admin/js/set-post-thumbnail.js
index d432a7b69d..6ba67ee24c 100644
--- a/wp-admin/js/set-post-thumbnail.js
+++ b/wp-admin/js/set-post-thumbnail.js
@@ -1 +1 @@
-function WPSetAsThumbnail(id){var $link=jQuery("#media-item-"+id+" a.wp-post-thumbnail");$link.text(setPostThumbnailL10n.saving);jQuery.post(ajaxurl,{action:"set-post-thumbnail",post_id:post_id,thumbnail_id:id,cookie:encodeURIComponent(document.cookie)},function(str){var win=window.dialogArguments||opener||parent||top;$link.text(setPostThumbnailL10n.setThumbnail);if(str=="0"){alert(setPostThumbnailL10n.error)}else{jQuery("a.wp-post-thumbnail").show();$link.hide();win.WPSetThumbnailID(id);win.WPSetThumbnailHTML(str)}})};
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+function WPSetAsThumbnail(id){var $link=jQuery("#media-item-"+id+" a.wp-post-thumbnail");$link.text(setPostThumbnailL10n.saving);jQuery.post(ajaxurl,{action:"set-post-thumbnail",post_id:post_id,thumbnail_id:id,cookie:encodeURIComponent(document.cookie)},function(str){var win=window.dialogArguments||opener||parent||top;$link.text(setPostThumbnailL10n.setThumbnail);if(str=="0"){alert(setPostThumbnailL10n.error)}else{jQuery("a.wp-post-thumbnail").show();$link.text(setPostThumbnailL10n.done);$link.fadeOut(2000);win.WPSetThumbnailID(id);win.WPSetThumbnailHTML(str)}})};
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