diff --git a/pkgs/scribble-pkgs/scribble-lib/scribble/manual-style.css b/pkgs/scribble-pkgs/scribble-lib/scribble/manual-style.css
index 4b2d3148..bd203235 100644
--- a/pkgs/scribble-pkgs/scribble-lib/scribble/manual-style.css
+++ b/pkgs/scribble-pkgs/scribble-lib/scribble/manual-style.css
@@ -310,16 +310,20 @@ a:hover {
     border-left: 0.4rem solid #ccb;
 }
 
-/* slightly different handling for margin-note* */
-span.refcolumn {
-    float: right;
-    width: 50%;
-    margin-left: 1rem;
-    margin-bottom: 0.8rem;   
-    margin-top: 1.2rem; 
+
+/* slightly different handling for margin-note* on narrow screens */
+@media all and (max-width:1260px) {
+     span.refcolumn {
+         float: right;
+         width: 50%;
+         margin-left: 1rem;
+         margin-bottom: 0.8rem;   
+         margin-top: 1.2rem; 
+     }
+
 }
 
-.refcontent p {
+.refcontent, .refcontent p {
     line-height: 1.5;
     margin: 0;
 }