diff --git a/doc/api_assets/style.css b/doc/api_assets/style.css
index 20845970fbc..3761be4031e 100644
--- a/doc/api_assets/style.css
+++ b/doc/api_assets/style.css
@@ -93,7 +93,8 @@ em code {
   color: white !important;
   margin: 0 0 1em 0;
   font-family: "Lato", "Lucida Grande", "Lucida Sans Unicode", "Lucida Sans", Verdana, Tahoma, sans-serif;
-  font-weight: 700;
+  padding: 1em;
+  line-height: 1.5;
 }
 
 .api_stability * {
diff --git a/tools/doc/html.js b/tools/doc/html.js
index a48b04b379d..b0a3c13c699 100644
--- a/tools/doc/html.js
+++ b/tools/doc/html.js
@@ -400,7 +400,7 @@ function parseAPIHeader(text) {
 
   text = text.replace(
     STABILITY_TEXT_REG_EXP,
-    `<pre class="${classNames}"><a href="${docsUrl}">$1 $2</a>$3</pre>`
+    `<div class="${classNames}"><a href="${docsUrl}">$1 $2</a>$3</div>`
   );
   return text;
 }