diff --git a/css/style.css b/css/style.css
index f5291b9..93d9b36 100644
--- a/css/style.css
+++ b/css/style.css
@@ -1057,6 +1057,8 @@ ol.toptrends-list {
 
 .post-text samp {
     background-color: #F0EFCC;
+    padding-left: 2px;
+    padding-right: 2px;
 }
 
 .post-context
diff --git a/theme_calm/css/style.css b/theme_calm/css/style.css
index cab2c80..05107f4 100644
--- a/theme_calm/css/style.css
+++ b/theme_calm/css/style.css
@@ -1259,6 +1259,8 @@ textarea.splited-post {
 
 .post-text samp {
     background: #EEE;
+    padding-left: 2px;
+    padding-right: 2px;
 }
 
 .post-context
diff --git a/theme_nin/css/style.css b/theme_nin/css/style.css
index 9839db7..a0895fd 100644
--- a/theme_nin/css/style.css
+++ b/theme_nin/css/style.css
@@ -880,6 +880,8 @@ article, aside, details, figcaption, figure, footer, header, hgroup, main, menu,
 
 .post-text samp {
     background-color: #EEE;
+    padding-left: 2px;
+    padding-right: 2px;
 }
 
 /* line 138, ../sass/_postboard.sass */
diff --git a/theme_nin/sass/_postboard.sass b/theme_nin/sass/_postboard.sass
index 8b599da..a027644 100755
--- a/theme_nin/sass/_postboard.sass
+++ b/theme_nin/sass/_postboard.sass
@@ -136,6 +136,8 @@
     padding: 0
     samp
         background-color: #EEE
+        padding-left: 2px
+        padding-right: 2px
 
 .post-context
     font-size: 11px