diff --git a/src/applications/maniphest/controller/taskdetail/ManiphestTaskDetailController.php b/src/applications/maniphest/controller/taskdetail/ManiphestTaskDetailController.php
index 9cc754185..08fec3140 100644
--- a/src/applications/maniphest/controller/taskdetail/ManiphestTaskDetailController.php
+++ b/src/applications/maniphest/controller/taskdetail/ManiphestTaskDetailController.php
@@ -1,235 +1,240 @@
 <?php
 
 /*
  * Copyright 2011 Facebook, Inc.
  *
  * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
  * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
  * You may obtain a copy of the License at
  *
  *   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
  *
  * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
  * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
  * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
  * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
  * limitations under the License.
  */
 
 class ManiphestTaskDetailController extends ManiphestController {
 
   private $id;
 
   public function willProcessRequest(array $data) {
     $this->id = $data['id'];
   }
 
   public function processRequest() {
 
     $request = $this->getRequest();
     $user = $request->getUser();
 
     $e_title = null;
 
     $priority_map = ManiphestTaskPriority::getTaskPriorityMap();
 
     $task = id(new ManiphestTask())->load($this->id);
 
     $transactions = id(new ManiphestTransaction())->loadAllWhere(
       'taskID = %d',
       $task->getID());
 
     $phids = array();
     foreach ($transactions as $transaction) {
       foreach ($transaction->extractPHIDs() as $phid) {
         $phids[$phid] = true;
       }
     }
     foreach ($task->getCCPHIDs() as $phid) {
       $phids[$phid] = true;
     }
     if ($task->getOwnerPHID()) {
       $phids[$task->getOwnerPHID()] = true;
     }
     $phids[$task->getAuthorPHID()] = true;
     $phids = array_keys($phids);
 
     $handles = id(new PhabricatorObjectHandleData($phids))
       ->loadHandles();
 
     $factory = new DifferentialMarkupEngineFactory();
     $engine = $factory->newDifferentialCommentMarkupEngine();
 
     $dict = array();
     $dict['Status'] =
       '<strong>'.
         ManiphestTaskStatus::getTaskStatusFullName($task->getStatus()).
       '</strong>';
 
     $dict['Assigned To'] = $task->getOwnerPHID()
       ? $handles[$task->getOwnerPHID()]->renderLink()
       : '<em>None</em>';
 
     $dict['Priority'] = ManiphestTaskPriority::getTaskPriorityName(
       $task->getPriority());
 
     $cc = $task->getCCPHIDs();
     if ($cc) {
       $cc_links = array();
       foreach ($cc as $phid) {
         $cc_links[] = $handles[$phid]->renderLink();
       }
       $dict['CC'] = implode(', ', $cc_links);
     } else {
       $dict['CC'] = '<em>None</em>';
     }
 
     $dict['Author'] = $handles[$task->getAuthorPHID()]->renderLink();
 
-    $dict['Description'] = $engine->markupText($task->getDescription());
+    $dict['Description'] =
+      '<div class="maniphest-task-description">'.
+        '<div class="phabricator-remarkup">'.
+          $engine->markupText($task->getDescription()).
+        '</div>'.
+      '</div>';
 
     require_celerity_resource('mainphest-task-detail-css');
 
     $table = array();
     foreach ($dict as $key => $value) {
       $table[] =
         '<tr>'.
           '<th>'.phutil_escape_html($key).':</th>'.
           '<td>'.$value.'</td>'.
         '</tr>';
     }
     $table =
       '<table class="maniphest-task-properties">'.
         implode("\n", $table).
       '</table>';
 
     $panel =
       '<div class="maniphest-panel">'.
         '<div class="maniphest-task-detail-core">'.
           '<h1>'.
             phutil_escape_html('T'.$task->getID().' '.$task->getTitle()).
           '</h1>'.
           $table.
         '</div>'.
       '</div>';
 
     $transaction_types = ManiphestTransactionType::getTransactionTypeMap();
     $resolution_types = ManiphestTaskStatus::getTaskStatusMap();
 
     if ($task->getStatus() == ManiphestTaskStatus::STATUS_OPEN) {
       $resolution_types = array_select_keys(
         $resolution_types,
         array(
           ManiphestTaskStatus::STATUS_CLOSED_RESOLVED,
           ManiphestTaskStatus::STATUS_CLOSED_WONTFIX,
           ManiphestTaskStatus::STATUS_CLOSED_INVALID,
           ManiphestTaskStatus::STATUS_CLOSED_SPITE,
         ));
     } else {
       $resolution_types = array(
         ManiphestTaskStatus::STATUS_OPEN => 'Reopened',
       );
       $transaction_types[ManiphestTransactionType::TYPE_STATUS] =
         'Reopen Task';
       unset($transaction_types[ManiphestTransactionType::TYPE_PRIORITY]);
       unset($transaction_types[ManiphestTransactionType::TYPE_OWNER]);
     }
 
     $default_claim = array(
       $user->getPHID() => $user->getUsername().' ('.$user->getRealName().')',
     );
 
     $comment_form = new AphrontFormView();
     $comment_form
       ->setUser($user)
       ->setAction('/maniphest/transaction/save/')
       ->addHiddenInput('taskID', $task->getID())
       ->appendChild(
         id(new AphrontFormSelectControl())
           ->setLabel('Action')
           ->setName('action')
           ->setOptions($transaction_types)
           ->setID('transaction-action'))
       ->appendChild(
         id(new AphrontFormSelectControl())
           ->setLabel('Resolution')
           ->setName('resolution')
           ->setControlID('resolution')
           ->setControlStyle('display: none')
           ->setOptions($resolution_types))
       ->appendChild(
         id(new AphrontFormTokenizerControl())
           ->setLabel('Assign To')
           ->setName('assign_to')
           ->setControlID('assign_to')
           ->setControlStyle('display: none')
           ->setID('assign-tokenizer')
           ->setDisableBehavior(true))
       ->appendChild(
         id(new AphrontFormTokenizerControl())
           ->setLabel('CCs')
           ->setName('ccs')
           ->setControlID('ccs')
           ->setControlStyle('display: none')
           ->setID('cc-tokenizer')
           ->setDisableBehavior(true))
       ->appendChild(
         id(new AphrontFormSelectControl())
           ->setLabel('Priority')
           ->setName('priority')
           ->setOptions($priority_map)
           ->setControlID('priority')
           ->setControlStyle('display: none')
           ->setValue($task->getPriority()))
       ->appendChild(
         id(new AphrontFormTextAreaControl())
           ->setLabel('Comments')
           ->setName('comments')
           ->setValue(''))
       ->appendChild(
         id(new AphrontFormSubmitControl())
           ->setValue('Avast!'));
 
     Javelin::initBehavior('maniphest-transaction-controls', array(
       'select' => 'transaction-action',
       'controlMap' => array(
         ManiphestTransactionType::TYPE_STATUS   => 'resolution',
         ManiphestTransactionType::TYPE_OWNER    => 'assign_to',
         ManiphestTransactionType::TYPE_CCS      => 'ccs',
         ManiphestTransactionType::TYPE_PRIORITY => 'priority',
       ),
       'tokenizers' => array(
         ManiphestTransactionType::TYPE_OWNER => array(
           'id'    => 'assign-tokenizer',
           'src'   => '/typeahead/common/users/',
           'value' => $default_claim,
           'limit' => 1,
         ),
         ManiphestTransactionType::TYPE_CCS => array(
           'id'    => 'cc-tokenizer',
           'src'   => '/typeahead/common/mailable/',
         ),
       ),
     ));
 
     $comment_panel = new AphrontPanelView();
     $comment_panel->appendChild($comment_form);
     $comment_panel->setHeader('Leap Into Action');
 
     $transaction_view = new ManiphestTransactionListView();
     $transaction_view->setTransactions($transactions);
     $transaction_view->setHandles($handles);
     $transaction_view->setUser($user);
     $transaction_view->setMarkupEngine($engine);
 
     return $this->buildStandardPageResponse(
       array(
         $panel,
         $transaction_view,
         $comment_panel,
       ),
       array(
         'title' => 'Create Task',
       ));
   }
 }
diff --git a/src/applications/maniphest/view/transactiondetail/ManiphestTransactionDetailView.php b/src/applications/maniphest/view/transactiondetail/ManiphestTransactionDetailView.php
index 69cf33507..1ffc2ecb3 100644
--- a/src/applications/maniphest/view/transactiondetail/ManiphestTransactionDetailView.php
+++ b/src/applications/maniphest/view/transactiondetail/ManiphestTransactionDetailView.php
@@ -1,249 +1,247 @@
 <?php
 
 /*
  * Copyright 2011 Facebook, Inc.
  *
  * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
  * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
  * You may obtain a copy of the License at
  *
  *   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
  *
  * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
  * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
  * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
  * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
  * limitations under the License.
  */
 
 class ManiphestTransactionDetailView extends AphrontView {
 
   private $transactions;
   private $handles;
   private $markupEngine;
   private $forEmail;
 
   public function setTransactionGroup(array $transactions) {
     $this->transactions = $transactions;
     return $this;
   }
 
   public function setHandles(array $handles) {
     $this->handles = $handles;
     return $this;
   }
 
   public function setMarkupEngine(PhutilMarkupEngine $engine) {
     $this->markupEngine = $engine;
     return $this;
   }
 
   public function renderForEmail($with_date) {
     $this->forEmail = true;
 
     $transaction = reset($this->transactions);
     $author = $this->renderHandles(array($transaction->getAuthorPHID()));
 
     $action = null;
     $descs = array();
     $comments = null;
     foreach ($this->transactions as $transaction) {
       list($verb, $desc, $classes) = $this->describeAction($transaction);
       if ($action === null) {
         $action = $verb;
       }
       $desc = $author.' '.$desc.'.';
       if ($with_date) {
         $desc = 'On '.date('M jS \a\t g:i A', $transaction->getDateCreated()).
                 ', '.$desc;
       }
       $descs[] = $desc;
       if ($transaction->hasComments()) {
         $comments = $transaction->getComments();
       }
     }
 
     $descs = implode("\n", $descs);
     if ($comments) {
       $descs .= "\n".$comments;
     }
 
     $this->forEmail = false;
     return array($action, $descs);
   }
 
   public function render() {
     $handles = $this->handles;
     $transactions = $this->transactions;
 
     require_celerity_resource('maniphest-transaction-detail-css');
 
     foreach ($this->transactions as $transaction) {
       if ($transaction->hasComments()) {
         break;
       }
     }
 
     $author = $this->handles[$transaction->getAuthorPHID()];
 
     $comments = $transaction->getCache();
     if (!strlen($comments)) {
       $comments = $transaction->getComments();
       if (strlen($comments)) {
         $comments = $this->markupEngine->markupText($comments);
         $transaction->setCache($comments);
         $transaction->save();
       }
     }
 
     $more_classes = array();
     $descs = array();
     foreach ($transactions as $transaction) {
       list($verb, $desc, $classes) = $this->describeAction($transaction);
       $more_classes = array_merge($more_classes, $classes);
       $descs[] = $author->renderLink().' '.$desc.'.';
     }
     $descs = implode('<br />', $descs);
 
     $more_classes = implode(' ', $classes);
 
     if ($transaction->hasComments()) {
       $comment_block =
         '<div class="maniphest-transaction-comments phabricator-remarkup">'.
           $comments.
         '</div>';
     } else {
       $comment_block = null;
     }
 
     return phutil_render_tag(
       'div',
       array(
         'class' =>  "maniphest-transaction-detail-container",
         'style' => "background-image: url('".$author->getImageURI()."')",
       ),
       '<div class="maniphest-transaction-detail-view '.$more_classes.'">'.
         '<div class="maniphest-transaction-header">'.
           '<div class="maniphest-transaction-timestamp">'.
             phabricator_format_timestamp($transaction->getDateCreated()).
           '</div>'.
-          '<strong>'.
-            $descs.
-          '</strong>'.
+          $descs.
         '</div>'.
         $comment_block.
       '</div>');
   }
 
   private function describeAction($transaction) {
     $verb = null;
     $desc = null;
     $classes = array();
 
     $handles = $this->handles;
 
     $type = $transaction->getTransactionType();
     $author_phid = $transaction->getAuthorPHID();
     $new = $transaction->getNewValue();
     $old = $transaction->getOldValue();
     switch ($type) {
       case ManiphestTransactionType::TYPE_NONE:
         $verb = 'Commented On';
         $desc = 'added a comment';
         break;
       case ManiphestTransactionType::TYPE_OWNER:
         if ($transaction->getAuthorPHID() == $new) {
           $verb = 'Claimed';
           $desc = 'claimed this task';
         } else if (!$new) {
           $verb = 'Up For Grabs';
           $desc = 'placed this task up for grabs';
         } else if (!$old) {
           $verb = 'Assigned';
           $desc = 'assigned this task to '.$this->renderHandles(array($new));
         } else {
           $verb = 'Reassigned';
           $desc = 'reassigned this task from '.
                   $this->renderHandles(array($old)).
                   ' to '.
                   $this->renderHandles(array($new));
         }
         break;
       case ManiphestTransactionType::TYPE_CCS:
         $added = array_diff($new, $old);
         $removed = array_diff($old, $new);
         if ($added && !$removed) {
           $verb = 'Added CC';
           if (count($added) == 1) {
             $desc = 'added '.$this->renderHandles($added).' to CC';
           } else {
             $desc = 'added CCs: '.$this->renderHandles($added);
           }
         } else if ($removed && !$added) {
           $verb = 'Removed CC';
           if (count($removed) == 1) {
             $desc = 'removed '.$this->renderHandles($removed).' from CC';
           } else {
             $desc = 'removed CCs: '.$this->renderHandles($removed);
           }
         } else {
           $verb = 'Changed CC';
           $desc = 'changed CCs, added: '.$this->renderHandles($added).'; '.
                              'removed: '.$this->renderHandles($removed);
         }
         break;
       case ManiphestTransactionType::TYPE_STATUS:
         if ($new == ManiphestTaskStatus::STATUS_OPEN) {
           if ($old) {
             $verb = 'Reopened';
             $desc = 'reopened this task';
           } else {
             $verb = 'Created';
             $desc = 'created this task';
           }
         } else if ($new == ManiphestTaskStatus::STATUS_CLOSED_SPITE) {
           $verb = 'Spited';
           $desc = 'closed this task out of spite';
         } else {
           $verb = 'Closed';
           $full = idx(ManiphestTaskStatus::getTaskStatusMap(), $new, '???');
           $desc = 'closed this task as "'.$full.'"';
         }
         break;
       case ManiphestTransactionType::TYPE_PRIORITY:
         $old_name = ManiphestTaskPriority::getTaskPriorityName($old);
         $new_name = ManiphestTaskPriority::getTaskPriorityName($new);
 
         if ($old == ManiphestTaskPriority::PRIORITY_TRIAGE) {
           $verb = 'Triaged';
           $desc = 'triaged this task as "'.$new_name.'" priority';
         } else if ($old > $new) {
           $verb = 'Lowered Priority';
           $desc = 'lowered the priority of this task from "'.$old_name.'" to '.
                   '"'.$new_name.'"';
         } else {
           $verb = 'Raised Priority';
           $desc = 'raised the priority of this task from "'.$old_name.'" to '.
                   '"'.$new_name.'"';
         }
         break;
       default:
         return ' brazenly '.$type."'d";
     }
 
     return array($verb, $desc, $classes);
   }
 
   private function renderHandles($phids) {
     $links = array();
     foreach ($phids as $phid) {
       if ($this->forEmail) {
         $links[] = $this->handles[$phid]->getName();
       } else {
         $links[] = $this->handles[$phid]->renderLink();
       }
     }
     return implode(', ', $links);
   }
 
 }
diff --git a/webroot/rsrc/css/application/maniphest/transaction-detail.css b/webroot/rsrc/css/application/maniphest/transaction-detail.css
index 9c89bb825..0c0f522ac 100644
--- a/webroot/rsrc/css/application/maniphest/transaction-detail.css
+++ b/webroot/rsrc/css/application/maniphest/transaction-detail.css
@@ -1,36 +1,42 @@
 /**
  * @provides maniphest-transaction-detail-css
  */
 
 .maniphest-transaction-detail-container {
   margin: 2px 1em 3px;
   background: 0px 0px no-repeat;
   min-height: 50px;
 }
 
 .maniphest-transaction-header {
-  background: #e0e0e0;
+  background: #e6e6e6;
   padding: 4px 1em;
 }
 
+.maniphest-transaction-header a {
+  font-weight: bold;
+}
+
 .maniphest-transaction-detail-view {
   margin-left: 54px;
   border: 1px solid #bbbbbb;
   border-width: 1px 0 0;
   min-height: 40px;
 }
 
 .maniphest-transaction-timestamp {
   float: right;
   font-size: 11px;
   color: #666666;
 }
 
 .maniphest-transaction-comments {
   padding: 4px 1em;
   background: #f3f3f3;
 }
 
+
+.maniphest-task-description p,
 .maniphest-transaction-comments p {
   margin: .25em 0 .5em;
 }