diff --git a/src/applications/transactions/view/PhabricatorApplicationTransactionView.php b/src/applications/transactions/view/PhabricatorApplicationTransactionView.php
--- a/src/applications/transactions/view/PhabricatorApplicationTransactionView.php
+++ b/src/applications/transactions/view/PhabricatorApplicationTransactionView.php
@@ -489,6 +489,11 @@
         $xaction->getComment() &&
         $xaction->getComment()->getIsDeleted();
 
+      // Make designers happy to make CSS customizations
+      if ($has_deleted_comment) {
+        $event->addClass('phui-timeline-shell-removed');
+      }
+
       $has_removed_comment =
         $xaction->getComment() &&
         $xaction->getComment()->getIsRemoved();