diff --git a/kallithea/public/css/style.css b/kallithea/public/css/style.css
--- a/kallithea/public/css/style.css
+++ b/kallithea/public/css/style.css
@@ -43,7 +43,8 @@ div.formatted-fixed,
   font-size: 12px;
   font-family: Lucida Console, Consolas, Monaco, Inconsolata, Liberation Mono, monospace;
 }
-div.formatted-fixed {
+/* class for texts where newlines should be preserved, for very light-weight ascii art markup (like pull request descriptions) */
+.formatted-fixed {
   white-space: pre-wrap;
 }
 .changeset_hash {
diff --git a/kallithea/public/less/style.less b/kallithea/public/less/style.less
--- a/kallithea/public/less/style.less
+++ b/kallithea/public/less/style.less
@@ -45,9 +45,12 @@ div.formatted-fixed,
   font-size: 12px;
   font-family: Lucida Console, Consolas, Monaco, Inconsolata, Liberation Mono, monospace;
 }
-div.formatted-fixed {
+
+/* class for texts where newlines should be preserved, for very light-weight ascii art markup (like pull request descriptions) */
+.formatted-fixed {
   white-space: pre-wrap;
 }
+
 .changeset_hash {
   font-family: Lucida Console, Consolas, Monaco, Inconsolata, Liberation Mono, monospace;
 }