diff --git a/Doc/tools/sphinxext/pyspecific.py b/Doc/tools/sphinxext/pyspecific.py
--- a/Doc/tools/sphinxext/pyspecific.py
+++ b/Doc/tools/sphinxext/pyspecific.py
@@ -175,17 +175,20 @@ class DeprecatedRemoved(Directive):
                 content += node[0].children
                 node[0].replace_self(nodes.paragraph('', '', content))
             if not SPHINX11:
                 node[0].insert(0, nodes.inline('', '%s: ' % text,
                                                classes=['versionmodified']))
         elif not SPHINX11:
             para = nodes.paragraph('', '',
                 nodes.inline('', '%s.' % text, classes=['versionmodified']))
-            node.append(para)
+            if len(node):
+                node.insert(0, para)
+            else:
+                node.append(para)
         env = self.state.document.settings.env
         env.note_versionchange('deprecated', version[0], node, self.lineno)
         return [node] + messages
 
 # for Sphinx < 1.2
 versionlabels['deprecated-removed'] = DeprecatedRemoved._label
 
 
diff --git a/Doc/tools/sphinxext/static/basic.css b/Doc/tools/sphinxext/static/basic.css
--- a/Doc/tools/sphinxext/static/basic.css
+++ b/Doc/tools/sphinxext/static/basic.css
@@ -339,16 +339,17 @@ dl.glossary dt {
 .deprecated, .deprecated-removed {
     background-color: #ffe4e4;
     border: 1px solid #f66;
     padding: 7px;
 }
 
 div.deprecated p, div.deprecated-removed p {
     margin-bottom: 0;
+    margin-top: 0;
 }
 
 .system-message {
     background-color: #fda;
     padding: 5px;
     border: 3px solid red;
 }