diff --git a/app/views/common/_preview.html.erb b/app/views/common/_preview.html.erb
index ee22288c0..472b0eba9 100644
--- a/app/views/common/_preview.html.erb
+++ b/app/views/common/_preview.html.erb
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 <% unless @text.blank? %>
   <%= textilizable @text, :attachments => @attachments, :object => @previewed %>
 <% else	%>
-  <p><%= l(:label_nothing_to_preview) %></p>
+  <p class="empty-preview"><%= l(:label_nothing_to_preview) %></p>
 <% end %>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/public/stylesheets/application.css b/public/stylesheets/application.css
index 07a020aa7..07919f81f 100644
--- a/public/stylesheets/application.css
+++ b/public/stylesheets/application.css
@@ -449,6 +449,7 @@ blockquote { font-style: italic; border-left: 3px solid #e0e0e0; padding-left: 0
 blockquote blockquote { margin-left: 0;}
 abbr, span.field-description[title] { border-bottom: 1px dotted #aaa; cursor: help; }
 textarea.wiki-edit {width:99%; resize:vertical;}
+.wiki-preview p.empty-preview {color:#999; font-style:italic; margin-top:1em; text-align:center;}
 body.textarea-monospace textarea.wiki-edit {font-family: Consolas, Menlo, "Liberation Mono", Courier, monospace; font-size: 12px;}
 body.textarea-proportional textarea.wiki-edit {font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;}
 li p {margin-top: 0;}