diff --git a/app/views/projects/_project_settings.rhtml b/app/views/projects/_project_settings.rhtml
index fe7103af..6b1e5b10 100644
--- a/app/views/projects/_project_settings.rhtml
+++ b/app/views/projects/_project_settings.rhtml
@@ -1,8 +1,5 @@
 <div id="<%= dom_id(project) %>" class="project">
-  <% unless project.description.blank? -%>
-    <div class="project_description"><%= sanitize(project.description) %></div>
-  <% end -%>
-  <p>This project
+  <div class="project_settings">This project
     <% if project.completed? -%>has been marked as completed
     <% elsif project.hidden? -%>has been marked as hidden
     <% else -%>is active
@@ -25,7 +22,10 @@
       :before => "$('#{dom_id(project)}').startWaiting();",
       :complete => "$('#{dom_id(project)}').stopWaiting();"
     ) %>
-  </p>
+  </div>
+  <% unless project.description.blank? -%>
+    <div class="project_description"><%= sanitize(project.description) %></div>
+  <% end -%>
 </div>
 <div id="<%= dom_id(project, 'edit') %>" class="edit-form" style="display:none;">
 </div>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/public/stylesheets/standard.css b/public/stylesheets/standard.css
index 4e4cd667..60e9b496 100644
--- a/public/stylesheets/standard.css
+++ b/public/stylesheets/standard.css
@@ -749,7 +749,7 @@ div.alpha_sort, div.tasks_sort,span.sort_separator {
     border: none;
 }
 
-div.project_description {
+div.project_settings {
     background: #eee;
     padding: 5px;
     margin-top: 0px;
@@ -757,11 +757,8 @@ div.project_description {
     margin-right: -5px;
     color: #666;
     font-style: italic;
-    font-size: 12px;
+    font-size: 10px;
     font-weight: normal;
-    /* Uncomment line below if you want the description to have
-    shadowed text */
-    /* text-shadow: rgba(0,0,0,.4) 0px 2px 5px; */
 }
 #project-next-prev {
     text-align:right;