diff --git a/lib/jasmine-core/jasmine-html.js b/lib/jasmine-core/jasmine-html.js
index 5ca5f625..4a5849be 100644
--- a/lib/jasmine-core/jasmine-html.js
+++ b/lib/jasmine-core/jasmine-html.js
@@ -109,7 +109,9 @@ jasmineRequire.HtmlReporter = function(j$) {
 
         var failure =
           createDom("div", {className: "spec-detail failed"},
-            createDom("a", {className: "description", title: result.fullName, href: specHref(result)}, result.fullName),
+            createDom("div", {className: "description"},
+              createDom("a", {title: result.fullName, href: specHref(result)}, result.fullName)
+            ),
             createDom("div", {className: "messages"})
           );
         var messages = failure.childNodes[1];
diff --git a/lib/jasmine-core/jasmine.css b/lib/jasmine-core/jasmine.css
index 9a60c996..f4d35b6e 100644
--- a/lib/jasmine-core/jasmine.css
+++ b/lib/jasmine-core/jasmine.css
@@ -48,7 +48,8 @@ body { background-color: #eeeeee; padding: 0; margin: 5px; overflow-y: scroll; }
 .html-reporter .suite { margin-top: 14px; }
 .html-reporter .suite a { color: #333333; }
 .html-reporter .failures .spec-detail { margin-bottom: 28px; }
-.html-reporter .failures .spec-detail .description { display: block; color: white; background-color: #b03911; }
+.html-reporter .failures .spec-detail .description { background-color: #b03911; }
+.html-reporter .failures .spec-detail .description a { color: white; }
 .html-reporter .result-message { padding-top: 14px; color: #333333; white-space: pre; }
 .html-reporter .result-message span.result { display: block; }
 .html-reporter .stack-trace { margin: 5px 0 0 0; max-height: 224px; overflow: auto; line-height: 18px; color: #666666; border: 1px solid #ddd; background: white; white-space: pre; }
diff --git a/spec/javascripts/html/HtmlReporterSpec.js b/spec/javascripts/html/HtmlReporterSpec.js
index ab57b038..814c0c49 100644
--- a/spec/javascripts/html/HtmlReporterSpec.js
+++ b/spec/javascripts/html/HtmlReporterSpec.js
@@ -461,8 +461,10 @@ describe("New HtmlReporter", function() {
         expect(failure.getAttribute("class")).toMatch(/failed/);
         expect(failure.getAttribute("class")).toMatch(/spec-detail/);
 
-        var specLink = failure.childNodes[0];
-        expect(specLink.getAttribute("class")).toEqual("description");
+        var specDiv = failure.childNodes[0];
+        expect(specDiv.getAttribute("class")).toEqual("description");
+
+        var specLink = specDiv.childNodes[0];
         expect(specLink.getAttribute("title")).toEqual("a suite with a failing spec");
         expect(specLink.getAttribute("href")).toEqual("?spec=a%20suite%20with%20a%20failing%20spec");
 
diff --git a/src/html/HtmlReporter.js b/src/html/HtmlReporter.js
index 71c32ee9..169f67f8 100644
--- a/src/html/HtmlReporter.js
+++ b/src/html/HtmlReporter.js
@@ -81,7 +81,9 @@ jasmineRequire.HtmlReporter = function(j$) {
 
         var failure =
           createDom("div", {className: "spec-detail failed"},
-            createDom("a", {className: "description", title: result.fullName, href: specHref(result)}, result.fullName),
+            createDom("div", {className: "description"},
+              createDom("a", {title: result.fullName, href: specHref(result)}, result.fullName)
+            ),
             createDom("div", {className: "messages"})
           );
         var messages = failure.childNodes[1];
diff --git a/src/html/_HTMLReporter.scss b/src/html/_HTMLReporter.scss
index 3cfb3936..6b0239bb 100644
--- a/src/html/_HTMLReporter.scss
+++ b/src/html/_HTMLReporter.scss
@@ -288,13 +288,11 @@ body {
       margin-bottom: $line-height * 2;
 
       .description {
-        //line-height: $line-height * 2;
-        display: block;
-
-        color: white;
         background-color: $failing-color;
 
-        //font-size: $large-font-size;
+        a {
+          color: white;
+        }
       }
     }
   }
@@ -303,7 +301,7 @@ body {
     padding-top: $line-height;
 
     color: $text-color;
-    
+
     white-space: pre;
   }