diff --git a/checkin_notes b/checkin_notes
index ff4426f823..88dec6e4f6 100644
--- a/checkin_notes
+++ b/checkin_notes
@@ -11345,4 +11345,13 @@ Rom    19 Nov 2007
         
     clientgui/
         BOINCTaskBar.cpp
-        
\ No newline at end of file
+        
+David  19 Nov 2007
+    - user web: tweak PM-related text
+
+    html/
+        inc/
+            pm.inc
+            forum.inc
+        user/
+            white.css
diff --git a/html/inc/forum.inc b/html/inc/forum.inc
index fa49ad4709..3e7ea946e1 100644
--- a/html/inc/forum.inc
+++ b/html/inc/forum.inc
@@ -109,7 +109,7 @@ function show_forum_header($user) {
     
     if ($user) {
         echo "<td align=\"right\">\n";
-        echo "<p>", pm_notification($user);
+        echo "<p>Private messages: ", pm_notification($user);
         echo "</td>\n";
     }
     echo "</tr>\n";
diff --git a/html/inc/pm.inc b/html/inc/pm.inc
index e14cac2d9f..999dd09ae0 100644
--- a/html/inc/pm.inc
+++ b/html/inc/pm.inc
@@ -115,8 +115,11 @@ function pm_notification($user) {
     $output = "";
     $unread = BoincPrivateMessage::count("userid=$user->id AND opened=0");
     
-    $output .= "<a href=\"pm.php?action=inbox\">".tra("Inbox")."</a> ($unread ".tra("unread").")\n";
-    $output .= "| <a href=\"pm.php?action=new\">".tra("Write")."</a>\n";
+    $output .= "<a href=\"pm.php?action=inbox\">".tra("Inbox")."</a>";
+    if ($unread) {
+        $output .= "<span class=\"inboxunread\"> ($unread ".tra("unread").")</span>\n";
+    }
+    $output .= " | <a href=\"pm.php?action=new\">".tra("Write")."</a>\n";
     return $output;
 }
 
diff --git a/html/user/white.css b/html/user/white.css
index f3a66db03a..ce8d33b6e5 100644
--- a/html/user/white.css
+++ b/html/user/white.css
@@ -254,6 +254,10 @@ span.news_date {
     font-size: 0.9em;
 }
 
+span.inboxunread {
+    font-weight: bold;
+}
+
 .code {
     font-family: "Consolas", "Courier New", courier, monospace;
     display: block;