diff --git a/skinStyles/mediawiki.notification.less b/skinStyles/mediawiki.notification.less
index 55cfe76ce..cdc0e57dd 100644
--- a/skinStyles/mediawiki.notification.less
+++ b/skinStyles/mediawiki.notification.less
@@ -2,9 +2,9 @@
 
 /* mediawiki.notification */
 
-// This wrapper class is needed to ensure these rules have larger CSS
+// This wrapper element is needed to ensure these rules have larger CSS
 // selector specificity than default styles
-.mediawiki {
+body {
 	.mw-notification-area {
 		font-size: 0.8em;
 	}