diff --git a/CHANGES b/CHANGES
index ea938f6a2..e3a30bdfc 100644
--- a/CHANGES
+++ b/CHANGES
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ Release 1.0.3 (in development)
 
 * #510: Fix inheritance diagrams for classes that are not picklable.
 
-* #502, #503: Fix small layout bugs in agogo and haiku themes.
+* #502, #503, #496: Fix small layout bugs in several builtin themes.
 
 
 Release 1.0.2 (Aug 14, 2010)
diff --git a/sphinx/themes/default/static/default.css_t b/sphinx/themes/default/static/default.css_t
index f200a0fea..8efe7543e 100644
--- a/sphinx/themes/default/static/default.css_t
+++ b/sphinx/themes/default/static/default.css_t
@@ -174,6 +174,11 @@ a.external:hover {
    text-decoration: none;
    border-bottom: none;
 }
+
+a.external:visited {
+    text-decoration: none;
+    border-bottom: 1px dashed {{ theme_visitedlinkcolor }};
+}
 {% endif %}
 
 /* -- body styles ----------------------------------------------------------- */