diff --git a/docs/assets/css/bootstrap.css b/docs/assets/css/bootstrap.css
index 6bb9e1545b..b2e903cc98 100644
--- a/docs/assets/css/bootstrap.css
+++ b/docs/assets/css/bootstrap.css
@@ -1774,18 +1774,6 @@ table {
   border-top: 2px solid #dddddd;
 }
 
-.table .success td {
-  background-color: #dff0d8;
-}
-
-.table .error td {
-  background-color: #f2dede;
-}
-
-.table .info td {
-  background-color: #d9edf7;
-}
-
 .table-condensed th,
 .table-condensed td {
   padding: 4px 5px;
@@ -1874,8 +1862,8 @@ table {
   background-color: #f9f9f9;
 }
 
-.table-hover tbody tr:hover td,
-.table-hover tbody tr:hover th {
+.table-hover tr:hover td,
+.table-hover tr:hover th {
   background-color: #f5f5f5;
 }
 
@@ -2030,6 +2018,18 @@ table .span24 {
   margin-left: 0;
 }
 
+.table tbody .success td {
+  background-color: #dff0d8;
+}
+
+.table tbody .error td {
+  background-color: #f2dede;
+}
+
+.table tbody .info td {
+  background-color: #d9edf7;
+}
+
 [class^="icon-"],
 [class*=" icon-"] {
   display: inline-block;
diff --git a/less/tables.less b/less/tables.less
index 90168c5699..3d571fe540 100644
--- a/less/tables.less
+++ b/less/tables.less
@@ -48,16 +48,6 @@ table {
   tbody + tbody {
     border-top: 2px solid @tableBorder;
   }
-
-  .success td {
-    background-color: @successBackground;
-  }
-  .error td {
-    background-color: @errorBackground;
-  }
-  .info td {
-    background-color: @infoBackground;
-  }
 }
 
 
@@ -169,8 +159,8 @@ table {
 // ------------
 // Placed here since it has to come after the potential zebra striping
 .table-hover {
-  tbody tr:hover td,
-  tbody tr:hover th {
+  tr:hover td,
+  tr:hover th {
     background-color: @tableBackgroundHover;
   }
 }
@@ -214,3 +204,20 @@ table {
   .span23    { .tableColumns(23); }
   .span24    { .tableColumns(24); }
 }
+
+
+// TABLE BACKGROUNDS
+// -----------------
+// Exact selectors below required to override .table-striped
+
+.table {
+  tbody tr.success td {
+    background-color: @successBackground;
+  }
+  tbody tr.error td {
+    background-color: @errorBackground;
+  }
+  tbody tr.info td {
+    background-color: @infoBackground;
+  }
+}