diff --git a/public/stylesheets/application.css b/public/stylesheets/application.css
index 1dc44f3f2..58f413964 100644
--- a/public/stylesheets/application.css
+++ b/public/stylesheets/application.css
@@ -311,7 +311,7 @@ tr.message td.last_message { font-size: 80%; white-space: nowrap; }
 tr.message.sticky td.subject { font-weight: bold; }
 
 body.avatars-on #replies .message.reply {padding-left: 32px;}
-#replies .reply:target h4 {background-color:#DDEEFF;}
+#replies .reply:target > h4 {background-color:#DDEEFF;}
 #replies h4 img.gravatar {margin-left:-32px;}
 
 tr.version.closed, tr.version.closed a { color: #999; }
@@ -557,7 +557,7 @@ div.journal h4 img.gravatar {margin-left:-32px;}
   border-radius: 0 0 3px 3px / 0 0 3px 3px;
 }
 
-#history div:target h4 {background-color:#DDEEFF;}
+#history div:target > h4 {background-color:#DDEEFF;}
 #history p.nodata {display: none;}
 
 div#activity dl, #search-results { margin-left: 2em; }