diff --git a/modules/admin-full/luasrc/view/admin_status/syslog.htm b/modules/admin-full/luasrc/view/admin_status/syslog.htm
index f6e0f7a610..d5bf5d65a1 100644
--- a/modules/admin-full/luasrc/view/admin_status/syslog.htm
+++ b/modules/admin-full/luasrc/view/admin_status/syslog.htm
@@ -15,5 +15,7 @@ $Id$
 <%+header%>
 <h2><a id="content" name="content"><%:status%></a></h2>
 <h3><%:syslog%></h3>
-<code><%=luci.util.pcdata(syslog)%></code>
+<div id="content_syslog">
+<textarea readonly="readonly" wrap="off" id="syslog"><%=luci.util.pcdata(syslog)%></textarea>
+</div>
 <%+footer%>
diff --git a/themes/openwrt.org/htdocs/luci-static/openwrt.org/cascade.css b/themes/openwrt.org/htdocs/luci-static/openwrt.org/cascade.css
index d83733ff30..b9854dc35d 100644
--- a/themes/openwrt.org/htdocs/luci-static/openwrt.org/cascade.css
+++ b/themes/openwrt.org/htdocs/luci-static/openwrt.org/cascade.css
@@ -333,6 +333,15 @@ html #menubar a:visited.warning {
 	width: 11.5em;
 }
 
+textarea#syslog {
+	width: 98%;
+	height: 450px;
+	border: 3px solid #cccccc;
+	padding: 5px;
+	font-family: monospace;
+	overflow: auto;
+}
+
 #maincontent {
 	clear: both;
 	width: 80%;
@@ -347,16 +356,22 @@ html #menubar a:visited.warning {
 }
 
 #maincontent h2 {
-	margin: 0.25em 0 0.5em 0;
 	font-size: 150%;
-	font-weight: normal;
+	font-family: Trebuchet MS, Verdana, sans-serif;
+	font-weight: bold;
+	margin: 0.25em 0 0.7em 0;
+	border-bottom: 1px solid;
+	padding-top: 10px;
+	padding-bottom: 4px;
 }
 
 #maincontent h3 {
-	margin: 0.5em 0;
-	font-size: 120%;
-	font-weight: normal;
-	text-decoration: underline;
+	margin: 0.5em 0 1.1em 0;
+	font-size: 125%;
+	font-weight: bold;
+	font-style: italic;
+	font-family: Trebuchet MS, Verdana, sans-serif;
+	color: #27408B;
 }
 
 #maincontent p {