diff --git a/public/stylesheets/application.css b/public/stylesheets/application.css
index 143f5c669..02c4a8b1b 100644
--- a/public/stylesheets/application.css
+++ b/public/stylesheets/application.css
@@ -196,7 +196,7 @@ div#activity dt.me .time { border-bottom: 1px solid #999; }
 div#activity dt .time { color: #777; font-size: 80%; }
 div#activity dd .description, #search-results dd .description { font-style: italic; }
 div#activity span.project:after, #search-results span.project:after { content: " -"; }
-div#activity dd span.description, #search-results dd span.description { display:block; }
+div#activity dd span.description, #search-results dd span.description { display:block; color: #808080; }
 
 #search-results dd { margin-bottom: 1em; padding-left: 20px; margin-left:0px; }