diff --git modules/system/admin.css modules/system/admin.css
index 54df5af..4cf7ef8 100644
--- modules/system/admin.css
+++ modules/system/admin.css
@@ -65,27 +65,24 @@ span.admin-missing {
 /**
  * Formatting for status report
  */
-table.system-status-report th {
-  border-bottom: 1px solid #ccc;
+table.system-status-report td {
+  padding: 6px;
 }
-table.system-status-report th,
-table.system-status-report tr.merge-up td {
-  padding-left: 30px; /* LTR */
-}
-table.system-status-report th {
+table.system-status-report td.status-title {
+  background-position: 7px 50%; /* LTR */
   background-repeat: no-repeat;
-  background-position: 5px 50%; /* LTR */
-  padding-top: 6px;
-  padding-bottom: 6px;
 }
-table.system-status-report tr.error th {
-  background-image: url(../../misc/watchdog-error.png);
+table.system-status-report td.status-title {
+  padding-left: 30px; /* LTR */
+}
+table.system-status-report tr.merge-up td {
+  padding: 0 6px 8px 30px; /* LTR */
 }
-table.system-status-report tr.warning th {
-  background-image: url(../../misc/watchdog-warning.png);
+table.system-status-report tr.error td.status-title {
+  background-image: url(../../misc/message-16-error.png);
 }
-table.system-status-report tr.ok th {
-  background-image: url(../../misc/watchdog-ok.png);
+table.system-status-report tr.warning td.status-title {
+  background-image: url(../../misc/message-16-warning.png);
 }
 
 /**
diff --git modules/system/system.admin.inc modules/system/system.admin.inc
index 3d421f2..6306a6d 100644
--- modules/system/system.admin.inc
+++ modules/system/system.admin.inc
@@ -2585,11 +2585,11 @@ function theme_status_report($variables) {
 
       // Output table row(s)
       if (!empty($requirement['description'])) {
-        $output .= '<tr class="' . $class . ' merge-down"><td>' . $requirement['title'] . '</td><td>' . $requirement['value'] . '</td></tr>';
-        $output .= '<tr class="' . $class . ' merge-up"><td colspan="2">' . $requirement['description'] . '</td></tr>';
+        $output .= '<tr class="' . $class . ' merge-down"><td class="status-title">' . $requirement['title'] . '</td><td class="status-value">' . $requirement['value'] . '</td></tr>';
+        $output .= '<tr class="' . $class . ' merge-up"><td colspan="2" class="status-description">' . $requirement['description'] . '</td></tr>';
       }
       else {
-        $output .= '<tr class="' . $class . '"><td>' . $requirement['title'] . '</td><td>' . $requirement['value'] . '</td></tr>';
+        $output .= '<tr class="' . $class . '"><td class="status-title">' . $requirement['title'] . '</td><td class="requirement-value">' . $requirement['value'] . '</td></tr>';
       }
     }
   }
diff --git themes/bartik/css/style.css themes/bartik/css/style.css
index 3cd9df8..06368e8 100644
--- themes/bartik/css/style.css
+++ themes/bartik/css/style.css
@@ -155,6 +155,11 @@ tr th {
   border: 1px solid #fff;
   text-align: left; /* LTR */
 }
+table.system-status-report td,
+table.system-status-report th {
+  border-left: 0;
+  border-right: 0;
+}
 #footer-wrapper tr td,
 #footer-wrapper tr th {
   border-color: #555;