diff --git a/app/assets/stylesheets/framework/header.scss b/app/assets/stylesheets/framework/header.scss
index 24a1ce2b84d7471ede7cec9b85f9c42233c0fe6d..2a01bc4d44df8c9db0a07cdc690b62ac88dd14c0 100644
--- a/app/assets/stylesheets/framework/header.scss
+++ b/app/assets/stylesheets/framework/header.scss
@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@ header {
         &:focus,
         &:active {
           background-color: $gray-light;
-          color: darken($gl-text-color-secondary, 30%);
+          color: $gl-text-color;
 
           .todos-pending-count {
             background: darken($todo-alert-blue, 10%);
diff --git a/app/assets/stylesheets/framework/variables.scss b/app/assets/stylesheets/framework/variables.scss
index 07cb669a46e16b9ac04c2ec034abf5469ab82b9b..7809d4866f14ab6592db2f0b5819e412a64acca9 100644
--- a/app/assets/stylesheets/framework/variables.scss
+++ b/app/assets/stylesheets/framework/variables.scss
@@ -178,7 +178,7 @@ $count-arrow-border: #dce0e5;
 $save-project-loader-color: #555;
 $divergence-graph-bar-bg: #ccc;
 $divergence-graph-separator-bg: #ccc;
-$general-hover-transition-duration: 150ms;
+$general-hover-transition-duration: 100ms;
 $general-hover-transition-curve: linear;
 
 
diff --git a/app/views/projects/issues/index.html.haml b/app/views/projects/issues/index.html.haml
index 18e8372ecab67019a842486d613aa9c4825ed4d3..ff15815d7a66e45054f0f27e0dead4d11046c2ab 100644
--- a/app/views/projects/issues/index.html.haml
+++ b/app/views/projects/issues/index.html.haml
@@ -19,10 +19,8 @@
       = render 'shared/issuable/nav', type: :issues
       .nav-controls
         - if current_user
-          = link_to url_for(params.merge(format: :atom, private_token: current_user.private_token)), class: 'btn append-right-10' do
+          = link_to url_for(params.merge(format: :atom, private_token: current_user.private_token)), class: 'btn append-right-10', title: 'Subscribe' do
             = icon('rss')
-            %span.icon-label
-              Subscribe
         - if can? current_user, :create_issue, @project
           = link_to new_namespace_project_issue_path(@project.namespace,
                                                      @project,