diff --git a/railties/lib/generators/erb/scaffold/templates/layout.html.erb b/railties/lib/generators/erb/scaffold/templates/layout.html.erb
index 420d17f33c..3f64be0c45 100644
--- a/railties/lib/generators/erb/scaffold/templates/layout.html.erb
+++ b/railties/lib/generators/erb/scaffold/templates/layout.html.erb
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@
 <body>
 
 <p class="notice"><%%= notice %></p>
+<p class="alert"><%%= alert %></p>
 
 <%%= yield %>
 
diff --git a/railties/lib/generators/rails/stylesheets/templates/scaffold.css b/railties/lib/generators/rails/stylesheets/templates/scaffold.css
index de6669ad9e..ea3dc9b8b5 100644
--- a/railties/lib/generators/rails/stylesheets/templates/scaffold.css
+++ b/railties/lib/generators/rails/stylesheets/templates/scaffold.css
@@ -24,6 +24,10 @@ div.field, div.actions {
   color: green;
 }
 
+.alert {
+  color: red;
+}
+
 .fieldWithErrors {
   padding: 2px;
   background-color: red;
