diff --git a/lisp/gnus/ChangeLog b/lisp/gnus/ChangeLog
index 531120c6231..2122c73ebca 100644
--- a/lisp/gnus/ChangeLog
+++ b/lisp/gnus/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+2011-05-07  Julien Danjou  <julien@danjou.info>
+
+	* shr.el (shr-link): Make shr-link inherit from link by default.
+
 2011-05-06  Teodor Zlatanov  <tzz@lifelogs.com>
 
 	* shr.el (shr-urlify, shr-link): Fix shr-link face.
diff --git a/lisp/gnus/shr.el b/lisp/gnus/shr.el
index 37b71c5d60c..2e7968e8dee 100644
--- a/lisp/gnus/shr.el
+++ b/lisp/gnus/shr.el
@@ -92,7 +92,7 @@ cid: URL as the argument.")
   :group 'shr)
 
 (defface shr-link
-  '((t (:underline t :foreground "yellow" :background "black")))
+  '((t (:inherit link)))
   "Font for link elements."
   :group 'shr)