diff --git a/client/coral-embed-stream/src/components/SuspendedAccount.js b/client/coral-embed-stream/src/components/SuspendedAccount.js
index 756b7e37f..63fab84fa 100644
--- a/client/coral-embed-stream/src/components/SuspendedAccount.js
+++ b/client/coral-embed-stream/src/components/SuspendedAccount.js
@@ -41,7 +41,10 @@ class SuspendedAccount extends Component {
       <span>{
           canEditName ?
           t('framework.edit_name.msg')
-          : t('framework.banned_account_msg')
+          :
+          <span>
+            <b>{t('framework.banned_account_header')}</b><br/> {t('framework.banned_account_body')}
+          </span>
         }</span>
       {
         canEditName ?
diff --git a/client/coral-embed-stream/style/default.css b/client/coral-embed-stream/style/default.css
index c9304c0cf..c2371b25c 100644
--- a/client/coral-embed-stream/style/default.css
+++ b/client/coral-embed-stream/style/default.css
@@ -119,7 +119,7 @@ hr {
 .coral-plugin-questionbox-info {
   top: 0;
   border: 0;
-  background: rgb(213,213,213);
+  background: #F0F0F0;
   color: black;
   width: 100%;
   text-align: left;
@@ -134,26 +134,25 @@ hr {
 
 .coral-plugin-questionbox-icon.bubble{
   position: absolute;
-  top: 11px;
+  top: 8px;
   left: 10px;
-  color: #949393;
-  font-size: 20px;
+  color: #9E9E9E;
+  font-size: 24px;
   z-index: 0;
 }
 
 .coral-plugin-questionbox-icon.person{
   z-index: 2;
-  top: 20px;
-  left: 15px;
+  top: 12px;
+  left: 12px;
   position: absolute;
-  font-size: 24px;
-  color: white;
+  font-size: 33px;
+  color: #262626;
 }
 
 .coral-plugin-questionbox-box {
   position: relative;
   border: 0;
-  background: black;
   color: white;
   padding: 20px;
   margin-left: 0px !important;
diff --git a/client/coral-framework/components/RestrictedMessageBox.css b/client/coral-framework/components/RestrictedMessageBox.css
index 94b193a17..ebee2fc57 100644
--- a/client/coral-framework/components/RestrictedMessageBox.css
+++ b/client/coral-framework/components/RestrictedMessageBox.css
@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
 .message {
-  background: #D8D8D8;
   padding: 25px;
   margin-bottom: 8px;
+  background-color: white;
+  border: 1px #F0F0F0 solid;
+  text-align: center;
+  font-weight: 100;
 }
-
diff --git a/locales/en.yml b/locales/en.yml
index 403befecc..ce9abdce5 100644
--- a/locales/en.yml
+++ b/locales/en.yml
@@ -87,7 +87,7 @@ en:
     custom_css_url_desc: "URL of a CSS stylesheet that will override default Embed Stream styles. Can be internal or external."
     dashboard: Dashboard
     days: Days
-    description: "As an admin you may customize the settings for the comment stream for this asset"
+    description: "As an admin, you can customize the settings for the comment stream for this story:"
     domain_list_text: "Enter the domains you would like to permit for Talk e.g. your local staging and production environments (ex. localhost:3000 staging.domain.com domain.com)."
     domain_list_title: "Permitted Domains"
     edit_comment_timeframe_heading: "Edit Comment Timeframe"
@@ -101,13 +101,13 @@ en:
     enable_premod: "Enable Premoderation"
     enable_premod_description: "Moderators must approve any comment before its published."
     enable_premod_links_description: "Moderators must approve any comment containing a link before its published."
-    enable_questionbox: "Ask readers a question"
+    enable_questionbox: "Ask Readers a Question"
     enable_questionbox_description: "This question will appear at the top of this comment stream. Ask readers about a certain issue in the article or pose discussion questions etc."
     hours: Hours
     include_comment_stream: "Include Comment Stream Description for Readers"
     include_comment_stream_desc: "Write a message to be added to the top of your comment stream. Pose a topic include community guidelines etc."
     include_text: "Include your text here."
-    include_question_here: "Write your question here."
+    include_question_here: "Write your question here:"
     moderate: Moderate
     moderation_settings: "Moderation Settings"
     open: "Open"
@@ -202,7 +202,8 @@ en:
   flag_reason: "Reason for reporting (Optional)"
   flag_username: "Report username"
   framework:
-    banned_account_msg: "Your account is currently banned. This means that you cannot Like, Report, or write comments. Please contact us if you have any questions."
+    banned_account_header: "Your account is currently banned."
+    banned_account_body: "This means that you cannot Like, Report, or write comments."
     because_you_ignored: "Because you ignored the following commenters, their comments are hidden."
     comment: comment
     comment_is_ignored: "This comment is hidden because you ignored this user."
diff --git a/locales/es.yml b/locales/es.yml
index 0802a7604..1b483b70c 100644
--- a/locales/es.yml
+++ b/locales/es.yml
@@ -202,7 +202,8 @@ es:
   flag_reason: "Razón por la que hacer este reporte (Opcional)"
   flag_username: "Reportar el nombre de usuario"
   framework:
-    banned_account_msg: "Tu cuenta se encuentra suspendida. Esto significa que no puedes gustar, marcar o escribir comentarios."
+    banned_account_header: "Tu cuenta se encuentra suspendida."
+    banned_account_body: "Esto significa que no puedes gustar, marcar o escribir comentarios."
     comment: "comentario"
     comment_is_ignored: "Este comentario está escondido porque has ignorado al usuario."
     comments: "comentarios"