diff --git a/app/helpers/application_helper.rb b/app/helpers/application_helper.rb
index 4e140e8c1..eb5752ff6 100644
--- a/app/helpers/application_helper.rb
+++ b/app/helpers/application_helper.rb
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ module ApplicationHelper
     instance = instance_variable_get("@#{instance_name}")
     
     if instance && instance.errors.any?
-      %{<div class="error-messages ui-state-error ui-corner-all"><span class="ui-icon ui-icon-alert"></span> <strong>Error</strong>: #{instance.__send__(:errors).full_messages.join(", ")}</div>}.html_safe
+      %{<div class="error-messages ui-state-error ui-corner-all"><strong>Error</strong>: #{instance.__send__(:errors).full_messages.join(", ")}</div>}.html_safe
     else
       ""
     end
diff --git a/app/views/comments/edit.html.erb b/app/views/comments/edit.html.erb
index 1fac05f91..5d3874275 100644
--- a/app/views/comments/edit.html.erb
+++ b/app/views/comments/edit.html.erb
@@ -2,6 +2,8 @@
   <div id="a-edit">
     <h1>Edit Comment</h1>    
     
+    <%= error_messages_for "comment" %>
+    
     <%= simple_form_for(@comment) do |f| %>
       <%= dtext_field "comment", "body" %>
       <%= f.button :submit, "Submit" %>