diff --git a/tracks/app/views/shared/_add_new_item_form.rhtml b/tracks/app/views/shared/_add_new_item_form.rhtml
index a59ea796..f524fa65 100644
--- a/tracks/app/views/shared/_add_new_item_form.rhtml
+++ b/tracks/app/views/shared/_add_new_item_form.rhtml
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
     :url => todos_path, :method => :post,
     :html=> { :id=>'todo-form-new-action', :name=>'todo', :class => 'inline-form' }) do -%>
 
-<div id="status"><%= error_messages_for("item") %></div>
+<div id="status"><%= error_messages_for("item", :object_name => 'action') %></div>
 
 <label for="todo_description">Description</label>
 <%= text_field( "todo", "description", "size" => 30, "tabindex" => 1) %>
diff --git a/tracks/app/views/todos/_edit_form.rhtml b/tracks/app/views/todos/_edit_form.rhtml
index ff6e7e70..38f35f3f 100644
--- a/tracks/app/views/todos/_edit_form.rhtml
+++ b/tracks/app/views/todos/_edit_form.rhtml
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-<div id="error_status"><%= error_messages_for("todo") %></div>
+<div id="error_status"><%= error_messages_for("todo", :object_name => 'action') %></div>
 
 <%= hidden_field( "todo", "id" ) %>
 <%= source_view_tag( @source_view ) %>
diff --git a/tracks/app/views/todos/create.rjs b/tracks/app/views/todos/create.rjs
index 33704f61..c12e0f96 100644
--- a/tracks/app/views/todos/create.rjs
+++ b/tracks/app/views/todos/create.rjs
@@ -21,5 +21,5 @@ if @saved
   end
 else
   page.show 'status'
-  page.replace_html 'status', "#{error_messages_for('todo')}"
+  page.replace_html 'status', "#{error_messages_for('todo', :object_name => 'action')}"
 end
diff --git a/tracks/app/views/todos/toggle_check.rjs b/tracks/app/views/todos/toggle_check.rjs
index 98bb8ed5..de6ab123 100644
--- a/tracks/app/views/todos/toggle_check.rjs
+++ b/tracks/app/views/todos/toggle_check.rjs
@@ -25,5 +25,5 @@ if @saved
     page.redirect_to project_path(@todo.project_id)
   end
 else
-  page.replace_html "status", content_tag("div", content_tag("h2", "#{pluralize(@todo.errors.count, "error")} prohibited this record from being saved") + content_tag("p", "There were problems with the following fields:") + content_tag("ul", @todo.errors.each_full { |msg| content_tag("li", msg) }), "id" => "errorExplanation", "class" => "errorExplanation")  
+  page.replace_html "status", content_tag("div", content_tag("h2", "#{pluralize(@todo.errors.count, "error")} prohibited this action from being saved") + content_tag("p", "There were problems with the following fields:") + content_tag("ul", @todo.errors.each_full { |msg| content_tag("li", msg) }), "id" => "errorExplanation", "class" => "errorExplanation")  
 end
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/tracks/public/stylesheets/standard.css b/tracks/public/stylesheets/standard.css
index 35e3e032..66950c05 100644
--- a/tracks/public/stylesheets/standard.css
+++ b/tracks/public/stylesheets/standard.css
@@ -794,8 +794,9 @@ div.message {
   color: #fff;
 }
 
-#errorExplanation p {
+#errorExplanation > p {
   color: #333;
+  margin-top: 5px;
   margin-bottom: 0;
   padding: 5px;
 }
@@ -804,6 +805,8 @@ div.message {
   font-size: 1em;
   list-style-type: disc;
   list-style-position: inside;
+  margin-left:7px;
+  color: #333; 
 }
 
 ul#prefs {list-style-type: disc; margin-left: 15px;}