diff --git a/mercurial/templates/gitweb/changelogentry.tmpl b/mercurial/templates/gitweb/changelogentry.tmpl
--- a/mercurial/templates/gitweb/changelogentry.tmpl
+++ b/mercurial/templates/gitweb/changelogentry.tmpl
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
 </div>
 <i>{author|obfuscate} [{date|rfc822date}] rev {rev}</i><br/>
 </div>
-<div class="log_body">
+<div class="log_body description">
 {desc|strip|escape|websub|addbreaks|nonempty}
 <br/>
 <br/>
diff --git a/mercurial/templates/gitweb/changeset.tmpl b/mercurial/templates/gitweb/changeset.tmpl
--- a/mercurial/templates/gitweb/changeset.tmpl
+++ b/mercurial/templates/gitweb/changeset.tmpl
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ changeset |
 {child%changesetchild}
 </table></div>
 
-<div class="page_body">
+<div class="page_body description">
 {desc|strip|escape|websub|addbreaks|nonempty}
 </div>
 <div class="list_head"></div>
diff --git a/mercurial/templates/gitweb/fileannotate.tmpl b/mercurial/templates/gitweb/fileannotate.tmpl
--- a/mercurial/templates/gitweb/fileannotate.tmpl
+++ b/mercurial/templates/gitweb/fileannotate.tmpl
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ annotate |
 </table>
 </div>
 
-<div class="page_path">
+<div class="page_path description">
 {desc|strip|escape|websub|addbreaks|nonempty}
 </div>
 <div class="page_body">
diff --git a/mercurial/templates/gitweb/filerevision.tmpl b/mercurial/templates/gitweb/filerevision.tmpl
--- a/mercurial/templates/gitweb/filerevision.tmpl
+++ b/mercurial/templates/gitweb/filerevision.tmpl
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ file |
 </table>
 </div>
 
-<div class="page_path">
+<div class="page_path description">
 {desc|strip|escape|websub|addbreaks|nonempty}
 </div>
 
diff --git a/mercurial/templates/static/style-gitweb.css b/mercurial/templates/static/style-gitweb.css
--- a/mercurial/templates/static/style-gitweb.css
+++ b/mercurial/templates/static/style-gitweb.css
@@ -145,6 +145,10 @@ pre.sourcelines.stripes > span:target {
 	background-color: #bfdfff;
 }
 
+.description {
+    font-family: monospace;
+}
+
 /* Graph */
 div#wrapper {
 	position: relative;
diff --git a/tests/test-hgweb.t b/tests/test-hgweb.t
--- a/tests/test-hgweb.t
+++ b/tests/test-hgweb.t
@@ -337,7 +337,7 @@ static file
 
   $ get-with-headers.py --twice localhost:$HGPORT 'static/style-gitweb.css' - date etag server
   200 Script output follows
-  content-length: 6986
+  content-length: 7032
   content-type: text/css
   
   body { font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 12px; border:solid #d9d8d1; border-width:1px; margin:10px; background: white; color: black; }
@@ -487,6 +487,10 @@ static file
   	background-color: #bfdfff;
   }
   
+  .description {
+      font-family: monospace;
+  }
+  
   /* Graph */
   div#wrapper {
   	position: relative;