diff --git a/question/type/ddmarker/edit_ddmarker_form.php b/question/type/ddmarker/edit_ddmarker_form.php
index cfb147bd38a..921ffbc820d 100644
--- a/question/type/ddmarker/edit_ddmarker_form.php
+++ b/question/type/ddmarker/edit_ddmarker_form.php
@@ -136,8 +136,7 @@ class qtype_ddmarker_edit_form extends qtype_ddtoimage_edit_form_base {
         $mform = $this->_form;
 
         $repeated = array();
-        $repeated[] = $mform->createElement('header', 'hinthdr', get_string('hintn', 'question'));
-        $repeated[] = $mform->createElement('editor', 'hint', get_string('hinttext', 'question'),
+        $repeated[] = $mform->createElement('editor', 'hint', get_string('hintn', 'question'),
                 array('rows' => 5), $this->editoroptions);
         $repeatedoptions['hint']['type'] = PARAM_RAW;
 
diff --git a/question/type/ddmarker/styles.css b/question/type/ddmarker/styles.css
index 12fa3e5501e..c7381d35a71 100644
--- a/question/type/ddmarker/styles.css
+++ b/question/type/ddmarker/styles.css
@@ -102,3 +102,42 @@ form.mform fieldset#id_previewareaheader div.markertexts span.markertext {
     position: absolute;
     background: url([[pix:qtype_ddmarker|grid]]) repeat scroll 0 0;
 }
+/* Editing form. Style repeated elements*/
+/*Top*/
+body#page-question-type-ddmarker div[id^=fitem_id_][id*=hint_] {
+    background: #EEE;
+    margin-top: 0;
+    margin-bottom: 0;
+    padding-bottom: 5px;
+    padding-top: 5px;
+    border: 1px solid #BBB;
+    border-bottom: 0;
+}
+body#page-question-type-ddmarker div[id^=fitem_id_][id*=hint_] .fitemtitle {
+    font-weight: bold;
+}
+/* Middle */
+body#page-question-type-ddmarker div[id^=fitem_id_][id*=hintoptions_],
+body#page-question-type-ddmarker div[id^=fitem_id_][id*=hintshownumcorrect_] {
+    background: #EEE;
+    margin-bottom: 0;
+    margin-top: 0;
+    padding-bottom: 5px;
+    padding-top: 5px;
+    border: 1px solid #BBB;
+    border-top: 0;
+    border-bottom: 0;
+}
+/* Bottom */
+body#page-question-type-ddmarker div[id^=fitem_id_][id*=hintclearwrong_] {
+    background: #EEE;
+    margin-bottom: 2em;
+    margin-top: 0;
+    padding-bottom: 5px;
+    padding-top: 5px;
+    border: 1px solid #BBB;
+    border-top: 0;
+}
+body#page-question-type-ddmarker #fitem_id_penalty {
+    margin-bottom: 2em;
+}