diff --git a/app/views/profiles/audit_log.html.haml b/app/views/profiles/audit_log.html.haml
index 1a392e29e2a..cbea5ca605a 100644
--- a/app/views/profiles/audit_log.html.haml
+++ b/app/views/profiles/audit_log.html.haml
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 
 .row.prepend-top-default
   .col-lg-4.profile-settings-sidebar
-    %h3.prepend-top-0
+    %h4.prepend-top-0
       = page_title
     %p
       This is a security log of important events involving your account.
diff --git a/app/views/profiles/notifications/show.html.haml b/app/views/profiles/notifications/show.html.haml
index e98fdfc7a3d..202eccb7bb6 100644
--- a/app/views/profiles/notifications/show.html.haml
+++ b/app/views/profiles/notifications/show.html.haml
@@ -10,16 +10,16 @@
           %li= msg
 
   = hidden_field_tag :notification_type, 'global'
-  .row
+  .row.prepend-top-default
     .col-lg-4.profile-settings-sidebar
-      %h4
+      %h4.prepend-top-0
         = page_title
       %p
         You can specify notification level per group or per project.
       %p
         By default, all projects and groups will use the global notifications setting.
     .col-lg-8
-      %h5
+      %h5.prepend-top-0
         Global notification settings
 
       = form_for @user, url: profile_notifications_path, method: :put, html: { class: 'update-notifications prepend-top-default' } do |f|
diff --git a/changelogs/unreleased/fix-profile-settings-sidebar-heading.yml b/changelogs/unreleased/fix-profile-settings-sidebar-heading.yml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..75e0ea5612f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changelogs/unreleased/fix-profile-settings-sidebar-heading.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+title: Keep typographic hierarchy in User Settings
+merge_request: 16090
+author: George Tsiolis
+type: fixed