diff --git a/webapp/web/css/search.css b/webapp/web/css/search.css
index f1858e8d9..5ed611d66 100644
--- a/webapp/web/css/search.css
+++ b/webapp/web/css/search.css
@@ -14,9 +14,12 @@
 .searchhits li {    
     margin-top: 1em; 
 }
-.searchhits li a{    
+.searchhits li a {    
     margin-right: .4em; 
 }
+p.snippets {
+    font-size: .8em;
+}
 span.SearchTerm,
 h1 span.SearchTerm,
 a:link span.SearchTerm,
diff --git a/webapp/web/templates/freemarker/body/partials/class/view/search/view-search-default.ftl b/webapp/web/templates/freemarker/body/partials/class/view/search/view-search-default.ftl
index 613edcb72..e74adaab9 100644
--- a/webapp/web/templates/freemarker/body/partials/class/view/search/view-search-default.ftl
+++ b/webapp/web/templates/freemarker/body/partials/class/view/search/view-search-default.ftl
@@ -8,4 +8,4 @@
 
 <@p.mostSpecificTypes individual />
 
-<p>${individual.snippet}</p>
\ No newline at end of file
+<p class="snippet">${individual.snippet}</p>
\ No newline at end of file