diff --git a/ghost/portal/src/components/Notification.js b/ghost/portal/src/components/Notification.js
index 9cfab09f5d..50195958d0 100644
--- a/ghost/portal/src/components/Notification.js
+++ b/ghost/portal/src/components/Notification.js
@@ -39,13 +39,13 @@ const NotificationText = ({type, status, context}) => {
     } else if (type === 'signin' && status === 'error') {
         return (
             <p>
-                Could not sign in! Login link expired. <a href={signinPortalLink} target="_parent">Click here to retry</a>
+                Could not sign in. Login link expired. <a href={signinPortalLink} target="_parent">Click here to retry</a>
             </p>
         );
     } else if (type === 'signup' && status === 'success') {
         return (
             <p>
-                You've successfully subscribed to <strong>{context.site.title}</strong>
+                You've successfully subscribed to <br /><strong>{context.site.title}</strong>
             </p>
         );
     } else if (type === 'updateEmail' && status === 'success') {
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ const NotificationText = ({type, status, context}) => {
     } else if (type === 'signup' && status === 'error') {
         return (
             <p>
-                Could not sign up! Invalid sign up link. <a href={singupPortalLink} target="_parent">Click here to retry</a>
+                Signup error: Invalid link <br /><a href={singupPortalLink} target="_parent">Click here to retry</a>
             </p>
         );
     } else if (type === 'stripe:checkout' && status === 'success') {
diff --git a/ghost/portal/src/components/Notification.styles.js b/ghost/portal/src/components/Notification.styles.js
index 31f6af1eda..2c31ce8ffe 100644
--- a/ghost/portal/src/components/Notification.styles.js
+++ b/ghost/portal/src/components/Notification.styles.js
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ const NotificationStyles = `
         top: 12px;
         right: 12px;
         width: 100%;
-        padding: 14px 44px 16px 20px;
+        padding: 14px 44px 18px 20px;
         max-width: 380px;
         min-height: 66px;
         font-size: 1.3rem;
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ const NotificationStyles = `
     .gh-portal-notification p {
         flex-grow: 1;
         font-size: 1.4rem;
-        line-height: 1.45em;
+        line-height: 1.5em;
         text-align: left;
         margin: 0;
         padding: 0 0 0 40px;
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ const NotificationStyles = `
 
     .gh-portal-notification-icon {
         position: absolute;
-        top: 21px;
+        top: calc(50% - 14px);
         left: 17px;
         width: 28px;
         height: 28px;