diff --git a/app/views/issues/show.html.erb b/app/views/issues/show.html.erb
index 308f93b61..c41b7b790 100644
--- a/app/views/issues/show.html.erb
+++ b/app/views/issues/show.html.erb
@@ -71,6 +71,7 @@ end %>
 <% if @issue.description? || @issue.attachments.any? -%>
 <hr />
 <% if @issue.description? %>
+<div class="description">
   <div class="contextual">
   <%= link_to l(:button_quote),
               {:controller => 'journals', :action => 'new', :id => @issue},
@@ -83,6 +84,7 @@ end %>
   <div class="wiki">
   <%= textilizable @issue, :description, :attachments => @issue.attachments %>
   </div>
+</div>
 <% end %>
 <%= link_to_attachments @issue, :thumbnails => true %>
 <% end -%>
diff --git a/test/functional/issues_controller_test.rb b/test/functional/issues_controller_test.rb
index 271791f44..a6917d2f9 100644
--- a/test/functional/issues_controller_test.rb
+++ b/test/functional/issues_controller_test.rb
@@ -827,6 +827,8 @@ class IssuesControllerTest < ActionController::TestCase
     assert_template 'show'
     assert_equal Issue.find(1), assigns(:issue)
 
+    assert_select 'div.issue div.description', :text => /Unable to print recipes/
+
     # anonymous role is allowed to add a note
     assert_select 'form#issue-form' do
       assert_select 'fieldset' do