diff --git a/app/assets/stylesheets/base/mixins.scss b/app/assets/stylesheets/base/mixins.scss
index d64e79170b9ccadb1933b33f155691c15bd5fa81..7beef1845ef7ec41a70a1d42abf04a713bf55911 100644
--- a/app/assets/stylesheets/base/mixins.scss
+++ b/app/assets/stylesheets/base/mixins.scss
@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@
     font-family: $monospace_font;
     white-space: pre;
     word-wrap: normal;
-    padding: 0;
+    padding: 1px 2px;
   }
 
   kbd {
diff --git a/app/assets/stylesheets/generic/typography.scss b/app/assets/stylesheets/generic/typography.scss
index 2db4213159a5b53ed636c3ea5f4e5d1d44f4768c..34b4ee3e17ef9876c836b6531105795c130fb4cc 100644
--- a/app/assets/stylesheets/generic/typography.scss
+++ b/app/assets/stylesheets/generic/typography.scss
@@ -38,6 +38,10 @@ code {
   }
 }
 
+a > code {
+  color: $link-color;
+}
+
 /**
  * Wiki typography
  *