diff --git a/apps/files_external/css/settings.css b/apps/files_external/css/settings.css
index 43bbb080d7..38e497eebe 100644
--- a/apps/files_external/css/settings.css
+++ b/apps/files_external/css/settings.css
@@ -1,5 +1,14 @@
 #global_credentials {
-	padding-top: 0;
+	padding: 0 30px;
+	margin-bottom: 0px;
+}
+
+#files_external {
+	margin-bottom: 0px;
+}
+
+#externalStorage {
+	margin: 15px 0 20px 0;
 }
 
 #externalStorage td.status {
diff --git a/apps/files_external/lib/config.php b/apps/files_external/lib/config.php
index cd3b4d9f3c..7a10d4bbc2 100644
--- a/apps/files_external/lib/config.php
+++ b/apps/files_external/lib/config.php
@@ -285,7 +285,7 @@ class OC_Mount_Config {
 		foreach ($backends as $backend) {
 			foreach ($backend->checkDependencies() as $dependency) {
 				if ($message = $dependency->getMessage()) {
-					$message .= '<br />' . $l->t('<b>Note:</b> ') . $message;
+					$message .= '<p>' . $message . '</p>';
 				} else {
 					$dependencyGroups[$dependency->getDependency()][] = $backend;
 				}
@@ -294,9 +294,9 @@ class OC_Mount_Config {
 
 		foreach ($dependencyGroups as $module => $dependants) {
 			$backends = implode(', ', array_map(function($backend) {
-				return '<i>' . $backend->getText() . '</i>';
+				return '"' . $backend->getText() . '"';
 			}, $dependants));
-			$message .= '<br />' . OC_Mount_Config::getSingleDependencyMessage($l, $module, $backends);
+			$message .= '<p>' . OC_Mount_Config::getSingleDependencyMessage($l, $module, $backends) . '</p>';
 		}
 
 		return $message;
@@ -313,11 +313,11 @@ class OC_Mount_Config {
 	private static function getSingleDependencyMessage(\OCP\IL10N $l, $module, $backend) {
 		switch (strtolower($module)) {
 			case 'curl':
-				return (string)$l->t('<b>Note:</b> The cURL support in PHP is not enabled or installed. Mounting of %s is not possible. Please ask your system administrator to install it.', $backend);
+				return (string)$l->t('The cURL support in PHP is not enabled or installed. Mounting of %s is not possible. Please ask your system administrator to install it.', $backend);
 			case 'ftp':
-				return (string)$l->t('<b>Note:</b> The FTP support in PHP is not enabled or installed. Mounting of %s is not possible. Please ask your system administrator to install it.', $backend);
+				return (string)$l->t('The FTP support in PHP is not enabled or installed. Mounting of %s is not possible. Please ask your system administrator to install it.', $backend);
 			default:
-				return (string)$l->t('<b>Note:</b> "%s" is not installed. Mounting of %s is not possible. Please ask your system administrator to install it.', array($module, $backend));
+				return (string)$l->t('"%s" is not installed. Mounting of %s is not possible. Please ask your system administrator to install it.', array($module, $backend));
 		}
 	}
 
diff --git a/apps/files_external/templates/settings.php b/apps/files_external/templates/settings.php
index 2581259c4c..636877e1fa 100644
--- a/apps/files_external/templates/settings.php
+++ b/apps/files_external/templates/settings.php
@@ -160,10 +160,8 @@
 			</tr>
 		</tbody>
 	</table>
-	<br />
 
 	<?php if ($_['visibilityType'] === BackendService::VISIBILITY_ADMIN): ?>
-		<br />
 		<input type="checkbox" name="allowUserMounting" id="allowUserMounting" class="checkbox"
 			value="1" <?php if ($_['allowUserMounting'] == 'yes') print_unescaped(' checked="checked"'); ?> />
 		<label for="allowUserMounting"><?php p($l->t('Allow users to mount external storage')); ?></label> <span id="userMountingMsg" class="msg"></span>