diff --git a/app/assets/stylesheets/generic/typography.scss b/app/assets/stylesheets/generic/typography.scss
index a004a6d9060..6a3cb49baae 100644
--- a/app/assets/stylesheets/generic/typography.scss
+++ b/app/assets/stylesheets/generic/typography.scss
@@ -12,6 +12,13 @@ body {
   line-height: 1.3;
   font-size: 1.25em;
   font-weight: 600;
+}
+
+.page-title-empty {
+  margin-top: 0px;
+  line-height: 1.3;
+  font-size: 1.25em;
+  font-weight: 600;
   margin: 12px 7px 12px 7px;
 }
 
diff --git a/app/views/projects/empty.html.haml b/app/views/projects/empty.html.haml
index d8f9f692c0b..e06454fd148 100644
--- a/app/views/projects/empty.html.haml
+++ b/app/views/projects/empty.html.haml
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@
 
 .prepend-top-20
 .empty_wrapper
-  %h3.page-title
+  %h3.page-title-empty
     Command line instructions
   %div.git-empty
     %fieldset