diff --git a/Doc/tools/sphinxext/static/basic.css b/Doc/tools/sphinxext/static/basic.css
index 3253faaf5b6..1f0af4cf99e 100644
--- a/Doc/tools/sphinxext/static/basic.css
+++ b/Doc/tools/sphinxext/static/basic.css
@@ -262,10 +262,11 @@ table.docutils {
 
 table.docutils td, table.docutils th {
     padding: 1px 8px 1px 5px;
-    border-top: 0;
+    border-top: 1px solid #b9b;
     border-left: 0;
     border-right: 0;
     border-bottom: 1px solid #aaa;
+    background-color: #eef;    
 }
 
 table.field-list td, table.field-list th {
@@ -276,6 +277,10 @@ table.footnote td, table.footnote th {
     border: 0 !important;
 }
 
+table.docutils th {
+    background-color: #ede;
+}
+
 th {
     text-align: left;
     padding-right: 5px;