diff --git a/static/styles/zulip.css b/static/styles/zulip.css
index a7d6dae4b6..10770c6feb 100644
--- a/static/styles/zulip.css
+++ b/static/styles/zulip.css
@@ -259,6 +259,9 @@ pre {
     white-space: pre;
     overflow-x: auto;
     word-wrap: normal;
+    /* Bootstrap's default here is top: 0px, bottom: 10px */
+    margin-top: 5px;
+    margin-bottom: 5px;
 }
 
 pre code {