diff --git a/src/skins/vector/css/matrix-react-sdk/views/elements/_RichText.scss b/src/skins/vector/css/matrix-react-sdk/views/elements/_RichText.scss
index 4c72939349..788955e31d 100644
--- a/src/skins/vector/css/matrix-react-sdk/views/elements/_RichText.scss
+++ b/src/skins/vector/css/matrix-react-sdk/views/elements/_RichText.scss
@@ -4,7 +4,6 @@
 
 .mx_UserPill,
 .mx_RoomPill {
-    padding: 0px 5px 0px 2px;
     border-radius: 16px;
     display: inline-block;
     height: 20px;
@@ -20,20 +19,23 @@
 .mx_EventTile_highlight .mx_EventTile_content .markdown-body a.mx_UserPill_me {
     color: $accent-fg-color;
     background-color: $mention-user-pill-bg-color;
+    padding-right: 5px;
 }
 
 /* More specific to override `.markdown-body a` color */
 .mx_EventTile_content .markdown-body a.mx_RoomPill,
 .mx_RoomPill {
-    background-color: $rte-room-pill-color;
     color: $accent-fg-color;
+    background-color: $rte-room-pill-color;
+    padding-right: 5px;
 }
 
 .mx_UserPill .mx_BaseAvatar,
 .mx_RoomPill .mx_BaseAvatar {
     position: relative;
     top: 2px;
-    margin-right: 1px;
+    margin-left: 2px;
+    margin-right: 2px;
 }
 
 .mx_Markdown_BOLD {