diff --git a/app/assets/stylesheets/common.scss b/app/assets/stylesheets/common.scss
index 46f2321b..fdccfb81 100644
--- a/app/assets/stylesheets/common.scss
+++ b/app/assets/stylesheets/common.scss
@@ -680,7 +680,8 @@ li.note {
     }
   }
   &.closed { 
-    background: #F9f9f9;
+    background: #F5f5f5;
+    border-color:#E5E5E5;
     .icon { 
       background: #DDD;
       border:1px solid  #BBB;
diff --git a/app/views/milestones/index.html.haml b/app/views/milestones/index.html.haml
index 58d25874..89d3b616 100644
--- a/app/views/milestones/index.html.haml
+++ b/app/views/milestones/index.html.haml
@@ -22,4 +22,4 @@
         %li.bottom= paginate @milestones, :remote => true, :theme => "gitlab"
       - else
         %li
-          %p.padded Nothing to show here
+          %h3.nothing_here_message Nothing to show here