diff --git a/lms/static/sass/multicourse/_home.scss b/lms/static/sass/multicourse/_home.scss
index f0d9090ec3..32d9bbc21c 100644
--- a/lms/static/sass/multicourse/_home.scss
+++ b/lms/static/sass/multicourse/_home.scss
@@ -86,7 +86,8 @@ $course-search-input-height: ($button-size);
           text-transform: none;
         }
 
-        h2 {
+        p {
+          @extend h2;
           margin-bottom: 0;
           text-transform: lowercase;
           font-style: italic;
diff --git a/lms/templates/index.html b/lms/templates/index.html
index 9122a7551d..ddb0d66603 100644
--- a/lms/templates/index.html
+++ b/lms/templates/index.html
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ from django.core.urlresolvers import reverse
               ## Translators: 'Open edX' is a brand, please keep this untranslated. See http://openedx.org for more information.
               <h1>${_("Welcome to Open edX!")}</h1>
               ## Translators: 'Open edX' is a brand, please keep this untranslated. See http://openedx.org for more information.
-              <h2>${_("It works! This is the default homepage for this Open edX instance.")}</h2>
+              <p>${_("It works! This is the default homepage for this Open edX instance.")}</p>
           % endif
         </div>
         % if settings.FEATURES.get('ENABLE_COURSE_DISCOVERY'):
diff --git a/themes/stanford-style/lms/templates/index.html b/themes/stanford-style/lms/templates/index.html
index 9b7d67c154..0ac1b8464e 100644
--- a/themes/stanford-style/lms/templates/index.html
+++ b/themes/stanford-style/lms/templates/index.html
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ from django.utils.translation import ugettext as _
             ${homepage_overlay_html}
           % else:
             <h1>${_("Free courses from <strong>{university_name}</strong>").format(university_name="Stanford")}</h1>
-            <h2>${_("For anyone, anywhere, anytime")}</h2>
+            <p>${_("For anyone, anywhere, anytime")}</p>
           % endif
         </div>
         % if settings.FEATURES.get('ENABLE_COURSE_DISCOVERY'):