diff --git a/site/css/style.css b/site/css/style.css
index 728637b0a..dbf923fe3 100644
--- a/site/css/style.css
+++ b/site/css/style.css
@@ -146,7 +146,7 @@ pre.shell {
 #toc > ol > li > ol li {
 		padding-left:1em;
 }
-/* embolden/separate top items */
+/* embolden and top-pad top-level items */
 #toc > ol > li {
   padding-top:1em;
   font-weight:bold;
diff --git a/site/release-notes.md b/site/release-notes.md
index 2a8108d84..b43d891ea 100644
--- a/site/release-notes.md
+++ b/site/release-notes.md
@@ -1,5 +1,8 @@
 <!-- Web release notes. Content since 1.0 comes from doc/release-notes.org. -->
 <!-- Putting the dates last is preferred for readability, but they are first in the headings below since that nicely keeps them out of the anchor urls. -->
+<style>
+#toc > ol > li { padding-top:0; }
+</style>
 <nav id="toc">
 <p>Major releases:</p>
 <ol>