diff --git a/ckan/public/css/style.css b/ckan/public/css/style.css
index ac4251ff523..dffb4d6a1b8 100644
--- a/ckan/public/css/style.css
+++ b/ckan/public/css/style.css
@@ -900,6 +900,8 @@ ul.datasets .openness li {
   overflow: auto;
 }
 .markdown-editor textarea.markdown-input {
+  width: 360px;
+  height: 70px;
   margin-bottom: 5px;
   padding: 5px;
   display: block;
diff --git a/ckan/templates/user/edit_user_form.html b/ckan/templates/user/edit_user_form.html
index 3b3ca0319a0..d9e5782a370 100644
--- a/ckan/templates/user/edit_user_form.html
+++ b/ckan/templates/user/edit_user_form.html
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
   xmlns:py="http://genshi.edgewall.org/"
   xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude">
 
-<div class="error-explanation" py:if="error_summary">
+<div class="alert alert-error error-explanation" py:if="error_summary">
 <h2>Errors in form</h2>
 <p>The form contains invalid entries:</p>
 <ul>