diff --git a/app/assets/stylesheets/pages/todos.scss b/app/assets/stylesheets/pages/todos.scss
index 2a1e834575577e2ffd5f461e433d56b24848e5b6..586365eb1ce3e8f3d318607a1880d8e532f53b57 100644
--- a/app/assets/stylesheets/pages/todos.scss
+++ b/app/assets/stylesheets/pages/todos.scss
@@ -110,45 +110,38 @@
   }
 
   .todo-body {
-    .todo-note {
-      word-wrap: break-word;
-
-      .md {
-        color: $gl-grayish-blue;
-        font-size: $gl-font-size;
-
-        .badge.badge-pill {
-          color: $gl-text-color;
-        }
+    .badge.badge-pill,
+    p {
+      color: $gl-text-color;
+    }
 
-        p {
-          color: $gl-text-color;
-        }
-      }
+    .md {
+      color: $gl-grayish-blue;
+      font-size: $gl-font-size;
+    }
 
-      code {
-        white-space: pre-wrap;
-      }
+    code {
+      white-space: pre-wrap;
+    }
 
-      pre {
-        border: 0;
-        background: $gray-light;
-        border-radius: 0;
-        color: $gl-gray-500;
-        margin: 0 20px;
-        overflow: hidden;
-      }
+    pre {
+      border: 0;
+      background: $gray-light;
+      border-radius: 0;
+      color: $gl-gray-500;
+      margin: 0 20px;
+      overflow: hidden;
+    }
 
-      .note-image-attach {
-        margin-top: 4px;
-        margin-left: 0;
-        max-width: 200px;
-        float: none;
-      }
+    .note-image-attach {
+      margin-top: 4px;
+      margin-left: 0;
+      max-width: 200px;
+      float: none;
+    }
 
-      p:last-child {
-        margin-bottom: 0;
-      }
+    p:last-child {
+      margin-bottom: 0;
     }
   }
 }
diff --git a/app/views/dashboard/todos/_todo.html.haml b/app/views/dashboard/todos/_todo.html.haml
index efe1fb99efc33978de5cbb756d16fb2770a66e65..db6e40a6fd0b4cbc7e8696684fafe6d3d8809bc4 100644
--- a/app/views/dashboard/todos/_todo.html.haml
+++ b/app/views/dashboard/todos/_todo.html.haml
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@
         = todo_due_date(todo)
 
     .todo-body
-      .todo-note
+      .todo-note.break-word
         .md
           = first_line_in_markdown(todo, :body, 150, project: todo.project)