diff --git a/inc/parser/xhtml.php b/inc/parser/xhtml.php
index 4514a18a49948e72f870fe2dca6ba7f58881cd38..119ac3f0117a33eaf9cdd11a4e4c1901254e19c3 100644
--- a/inc/parser/xhtml.php
+++ b/inc/parser/xhtml.php
@@ -483,7 +483,7 @@ class Doku_Renderer_xhtml extends Doku_Renderer {
         if ( array_key_exists($smiley, $this->smileys) ) {
             $title = $this->_xmlEntities($this->smileys[$smiley]);
             $this->doc .= '<img src="'.DOKU_BASE.'lib/images/smileys/'.$this->smileys[$smiley].
-                '" class="middle" alt="'.
+                '" class="icon" alt="'.
                     $this->_xmlEntities($smiley).'" />';
         } else {
             $this->doc .= $this->_xmlEntities($smiley);
diff --git a/lib/tpl/default/design.css b/lib/tpl/default/design.css
index 1124cfe92fa1f5014562a2b6ed3c6f02863aaddb..9d2cc1844343f2bd6e4903b87869167b3add86fc 100644
--- a/lib/tpl/default/design.css
+++ b/lib/tpl/default/design.css
@@ -378,7 +378,7 @@ div.dokuwiki img.mediacenter {
 }
 
 /* smileys */
-div.dokuwiki img.middle {
+div.dokuwiki img.icon {
   vertical-align: middle;
 }