diff --git a/web/src/ui/timeline/content/MemberBody.tsx b/web/src/ui/timeline/content/MemberBody.tsx
index 292a9d0a..fd1088cf 100644
--- a/web/src/ui/timeline/content/MemberBody.tsx
+++ b/web/src/ui/timeline/content/MemberBody.tsx
@@ -44,9 +44,9 @@ function useChangeDescription(
 				return <>set their displayname to <span className="name">{content.displayname}</span></>
 			}
 			return <>
-				changed their displayname from <span className="name">
+				changed their displayname from <span className="name" title={prevContent.displayname}>
 					{prevContent.displayname}
-				</span> to <span className="name">{content.displayname}</span>
+				</span> to <span className="name" title={content.displayname}>{content.displayname}</span>
 			</>
 		} else if (content.avatar_url !== prevContent.avatar_url) {
 			if (!content.avatar_url) {
@@ -95,7 +95,7 @@ const MemberBody = ({ event, sender }: EventContentProps) => {
 	const content = event.content as MemberEventContent
 	const prevContent = event.unsigned.prev_content as MemberEventContent | undefined
 	return <div className="member-body">
-		<span className="name sender-name">
+		<span className="name sender-name" title={sender?.content.displayname ?? event.sender}>
 			{sender?.content.displayname ?? event.sender}
 		</span> <span className="change-description">
 			{useChangeDescription(event.sender, event.state_key as UserID, content, prevContent)}
diff --git a/web/src/ui/timeline/content/index.css b/web/src/ui/timeline/content/index.css
index 0a403a2b..9f61968f 100644
--- a/web/src/ui/timeline/content/index.css
+++ b/web/src/ui/timeline/content/index.css
@@ -23,6 +23,14 @@ div.redacted-body, div.decryption-pending-body {
 	}
 }
 
+div.member-body,
+div.room-name-body,
+div.power-level-body,
+div.room-avatar-body {
+	font-size: 0.9rem;
+	color: var(--secondary-text-color);
+}
+
 div.member-body {
 	span.name, span.reason {
 		unicode-bidi: isolate;