diff --git a/static/html/404.html b/static/html/404.html
index f2f36bbcb7..396080239d 100644
--- a/static/html/404.html
+++ b/static/html/404.html
@@ -29,7 +29,8 @@
         </div>
 
         <br/>
-        <p class="lead">404: Page not found.<p>
+        <p class="lead">404: Page not found.</p>
+        <br/>
 
         <p>We know this is stressful, but we still love you.</p>
 
diff --git a/static/html/5xx.html b/static/html/5xx.html
index acc0aa5574..e04edeb52c 100644
--- a/static/html/5xx.html
+++ b/static/html/5xx.html
@@ -31,7 +31,8 @@
         </div>
 
         <br/>
-        <p class="lead">Internal server error.<p>
+        <p class="lead">Internal server error.</p>
+        <br/>
 
         <p>Well oops. This one's probably our fault. Sorry about that! Updates on service availability are posted to
         <a class="twitter-timeline" href="https://twitter.com/ZulipStatus"