diff --git a/doc/source/_static/kwant.css b/doc/source/_static/kwant.css
index 246b713baa67b4130311aa5ec1361b65080630a8..6b4e9fad135a42b16c805f5dafbe0c4dc88e9def 100644
--- a/doc/source/_static/kwant.css
+++ b/doc/source/_static/kwant.css
@@ -30,8 +30,8 @@ div.specialnote-title {
     padding: 1em;
     padding-top: 0.4em;
     padding-bottom: 0.4em;
-    margin-top: 1em;
-    margin-bottom: 0px;
+    margin-top: 10px;
+    margin-bottom: 10px;
     border-width: 1px;
     border-color: #546C55;
     border-style: solid;
@@ -42,7 +42,8 @@ div.specialnote-body {
     padding: 1em;
     padding-top: 0.1em;
     padding-bottom: 0.4em;
-    margin-top: 0px;
+    margin-top: -10px;
+    margin-bottom: 10px;
     border-width: 1px;
     border-top-width: 0px;
     border-color: #546C55;