diff --git a/tildes/static/js/behaviors/comment-reply-button.js b/tildes/static/js/behaviors/comment-reply-button.js
index e0af3fb..f09f969 100644
--- a/tildes/static/js/behaviors/comment-reply-button.js
+++ b/tildes/static/js/behaviors/comment-reply-button.js
@@ -89,10 +89,11 @@ $.onmount("[data-js-comment-reply-button]", function() {
         // add a warning if the comment being replied to is over a week old
         if (Date.now() - parentCommentTimestamp > 1000 * 3600 * 24 * 7) {
             var warningDiv = document.createElement("div");
-            warningDiv.classList.add("toast", "toast-minor", "toast-warning");
+            warningDiv.classList.add("warning-old-reply");
             warningDiv.innerHTML =
-                "<h2>The comment you're replying to is over a week old.</h2>" +
-                "<p>(Replying to old comments is fine, just making sure it's intentional)</p>";
+                '<p class="text-warning text-small">The comment you\'re replying to ' +
+                "is over a week old. Replying to old comments is fine as long as " +
+                "you're contributing to the discussion.</p>";
             clone.querySelector("form").prepend(warningDiv);
         }
 
diff --git a/tildes/tildes/templates/topic.jinja2 b/tildes/tildes/templates/topic.jinja2
index 985a8c6..42c0a4c 100644
--- a/tildes/tildes/templates/topic.jinja2
+++ b/tildes/tildes/templates/topic.jinja2
@@ -214,9 +214,8 @@
       data-js-confirm-leave-page-unsaved
     >
       {% if old_topic_warning %}
-      <div class="toast toast-minor toast-warning">
-        <h2>This topic is over a week old.</h2>
-        <p>(Replying to old topics is fine, just making sure it's intentional)</p>
+      <div class="warning-old-reply">
+        <p class="text-warning text-small">This topic is over a week old. Replying to old topics is fine as long as you're contributing to the discussion.</p>
       </div>
       {% endif %}
       <input type="hidden" name="csrf_token" value="{{ get_csrf_token() }}">