diff --git a/client/app/assets/css/redash-newstyle.less b/client/app/assets/css/redash-newstyle.less
index 3c63a5162..d4a7c05fb 100644
--- a/client/app/assets/css/redash-newstyle.less
+++ b/client/app/assets/css/redash-newstyle.less
@@ -184,6 +184,16 @@ page-header, .dashboard__header {
         font-weight: 500;
       }
     }
+
+    .query--description {
+      font-size: 14px;
+      line-height: 1.5;
+      font-style: italic;
+
+      p {
+        margin-bottom: 0;
+      }
+    }
   }
 
   .t-header.widget {
diff --git a/client/app/components/dashboards/widget.html b/client/app/components/dashboards/widget.html
index 850d036a5..d1e50190a 100644
--- a/client/app/components/dashboards/widget.html
+++ b/client/app/components/dashboards/widget.html
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@
             {{$ctrl.query.name}}
             <visualization-name visualization="$ctrl.widget.visualization"/>
           </p>
-          <div class="text-muted" ng-bind-html="$ctrl.query.description | markdown"></div>
+          <div class="text-muted query--description" ng-bind-html="$ctrl.query.description | markdown"></div>
         </div>
       </div>
       <parameters parameters="$ctrl.localParametersDefs()"></parameters>