diff --git a/wp-admin/admin-footer.php b/wp-admin/admin-footer.php
index 2408c52d57..7b08d7b255 100644
--- a/wp-admin/admin-footer.php
+++ b/wp-admin/admin-footer.php
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-</div>
+
 
 <p align="center" style="width: 100%" class="tabletoprow"><strong><a href="http://wordpress.org">WordPress</a></strong> <?php echo $b2_version ?> &#8212; <a href="http://wordpress.org/support/">Support Forums</a><br />
 <?php
diff --git a/wp-admin/edit-form.php b/wp-admin/edit-form.php
index 0f4a993662..ae7b633bb2 100644
--- a/wp-admin/edit-form.php
+++ b/wp-admin/edit-form.php
@@ -145,7 +145,6 @@ if ($action != 'editcomment') {
 <fieldset style="clear: both">
 <legend><a href="http://wordpress.org/docs/reference/post/#excerpt" title="Help with excerpts">Excerpt</a></legend>
 <div><textarea rows="2" cols="40" name="excerpt" tabindex="4" id="excerpt"><?php echo $excerpt ?></textarea></div>
-</legend>
 </fieldset>
 <?php
 } // if not a comment
diff --git a/wp-admin/post.php b/wp-admin/post.php
index bf22df2f89..e4ac71e056 100644
--- a/wp-admin/post.php
+++ b/wp-admin/post.php
@@ -628,7 +628,6 @@ switch($action) {
                 $post_pingback = get_settings('default_pingback_flag');
                 $default_post_cat = get_settings('default_post_category');
                 include('edit-form.php');
-                echo '<br /><br />';
             }
 
         } else {
diff --git a/wp-admin/wp-admin.css b/wp-admin/wp-admin.css
index 1a0353c3c2..9444e55717 100644
--- a/wp-admin/wp-admin.css
+++ b/wp-admin/wp-admin.css
@@ -255,7 +255,7 @@ textarea, input, select {
 }
 
 #poststuff textarea {
-	width: 100%;
+	width: 99%;
 }
 
 #profile {