diff --git a/app/assets/stylesheets/application/code_highlighting.css.scss b/app/assets/stylesheets/application/code_highlighting.css.scss
index 984a90f80..ed45ef7fc 100644
--- a/app/assets/stylesheets/application/code_highlighting.css.scss
+++ b/app/assets/stylesheets/application/code_highlighting.css.scss
@@ -82,3 +82,10 @@ pre {
     opacity: 0.5;
   }
 }
+
+p > code {
+  margin: 0px 2px;
+  padding: 2px 5px;
+  background-color: #f1f1ff;
+  border-radius: 3px 3px 3px 3px;
+}
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