diff --git a/docs/assets/css/bootstrap.css b/docs/assets/css/bootstrap.css
index 07f73773..362ed3db 100644
--- a/docs/assets/css/bootstrap.css
+++ b/docs/assets/css/bootstrap.css
@@ -4021,6 +4021,7 @@ fieldset[disabled] .navbar-inverse .btn-navbar {
   top: 10%;
   left: 50%;
   z-index: 1050;
+  display: none;
   width: 560px;
   margin-left: -280px;
   background-color: #fff;
@@ -4911,11 +4912,11 @@ a.badge:hover {
 }
 
 .hide {
-  display: none;
+  display: none !important;
 }
 
 .show {
-  display: block;
+  display: block !important;
 }
 
 .invisible {
diff --git a/docs/javascript.html b/docs/javascript.html
index bc4d18ca..2d01af56 100644
--- a/docs/javascript.html
+++ b/docs/javascript.html
@@ -186,7 +186,7 @@ $('#myModal').on('show', function (e) {
           <h3>Static example</h3>
           <p>A rendered modal with header, body, and set of actions in the footer.</p>
           <div class="bs-docs-example" style="background-color: #f5f5f5;">
-            <div class="modal" style="position: relative; top: auto; left: auto; right: auto; margin: 0 auto 20px; z-index: 1; max-width: 100%;">
+            <div class="modal" style="position: relative; top: auto; left: auto; right: auto; display: block; margin: 0 auto 20px; z-index: 1; max-width: 100%;">
               <div class="modal-header">
                 <button type="button" class="close" data-dismiss="modal" aria-hidden="true">&times;</button>
                 <h3>Modal header</h3>
@@ -201,7 +201,7 @@ $('#myModal').on('show', function (e) {
             </div>
           </div>
 <pre class="prettyprint linenums">
-&lt;div class="modal hide fade"&gt;
+&lt;div class="modal fade"&gt;
   &lt;div class="modal-header"&gt;
     &lt;button type="button" class="close" data-dismiss="modal" aria-hidden="true"&gt;&amp;times;&lt;/button&gt;
     &lt;h3&gt;Modal header&lt;/h3&gt;
@@ -219,7 +219,7 @@ $('#myModal').on('show', function (e) {
           <h3>Live demo</h3>
           <p>Toggle a modal via JavaScript by clicking the button below. It will slide down and fade in from the top of the page.</p>
           <!-- sample modal content -->
-          <div id="myModal" class="modal hide fade" tabindex="-1" role="dialog" aria-labelledby="myModalLabel" aria-hidden="true">
+          <div id="myModal" class="modal fade" tabindex="-1" role="dialog" aria-labelledby="myModalLabel" aria-hidden="true">
             <div class="modal-header">
               <button type="button" class="close" data-dismiss="modal" aria-hidden="true">&times;</button>
               <h3 id="myModalLabel">Modal Heading</h3>
@@ -258,7 +258,7 @@ $('#myModal').on('show', function (e) {
 &lt;a href="#myModal" role="button" class="btn" data-toggle="modal"&gt;Launch demo modal&lt;/a&gt;
 
 &lt!-- Modal --&gt;
-&lt;div id="myModal" class="modal hide fade" tabindex="-1" role="dialog" aria-labelledby="myModalLabel" aria-hidden="true"&gt;
+&lt;div id="myModal" class="modal fade" tabindex="-1" role="dialog" aria-labelledby="myModalLabel" aria-hidden="true"&gt;
   &lt;div class="modal-header"&gt;
     &lt;button type="button" class="close" data-dismiss="modal" aria-hidden="true"&gt;&times;&lt;/button&gt;
     &lt;h3 id="myModalLabel"&gt;Modal header&lt;/h3&gt;
diff --git a/docs/templates/pages/javascript.mustache b/docs/templates/pages/javascript.mustache
index b32514b2..55a52e25 100644
--- a/docs/templates/pages/javascript.mustache
+++ b/docs/templates/pages/javascript.mustache
@@ -119,7 +119,7 @@ $('#myModal').on('show', function (e) {
           <h3>Static example</h3>
           <p>A rendered modal with header, body, and set of actions in the footer.</p>
           <div class="bs-docs-example" style="background-color: #f5f5f5;">
-            <div class="modal" style="position: relative; top: auto; left: auto; right: auto; margin: 0 auto 20px; z-index: 1; max-width: 100%;">
+            <div class="modal" style="position: relative; top: auto; left: auto; right: auto; display: block; margin: 0 auto 20px; z-index: 1; max-width: 100%;">
               <div class="modal-header">
                 <button type="button" class="close" data-dismiss="modal" aria-hidden="true">&times;</button>
                 <h3>Modal header</h3>
@@ -134,7 +134,7 @@ $('#myModal').on('show', function (e) {
             </div>
           </div>{{! /example }}
 <pre class="prettyprint linenums">
-&lt;div class="modal hide fade"&gt;
+&lt;div class="modal fade"&gt;
   &lt;div class="modal-header"&gt;
     &lt;button type="button" class="close" data-dismiss="modal" aria-hidden="true"&gt;&amp;times;&lt;/button&gt;
     &lt;h3&gt;Modal header&lt;/h3&gt;
@@ -152,7 +152,7 @@ $('#myModal').on('show', function (e) {
           <h3>Live demo</h3>
           <p>Toggle a modal via JavaScript by clicking the button below. It will slide down and fade in from the top of the page.</p>
           <!-- sample modal content -->
-          <div id="myModal" class="modal hide fade" tabindex="-1" role="dialog" aria-labelledby="myModalLabel" aria-hidden="true">
+          <div id="myModal" class="modal fade" tabindex="-1" role="dialog" aria-labelledby="myModalLabel" aria-hidden="true">
             <div class="modal-header">
               <button type="button" class="close" data-dismiss="modal" aria-hidden="true">&times;</button>
               <h3 id="myModalLabel">Modal Heading</h3>
@@ -191,7 +191,7 @@ $('#myModal').on('show', function (e) {
 &lt;a href="#myModal" role="button" class="btn" data-toggle="modal"&gt;Launch demo modal&lt;/a&gt;
 
 &lt!-- Modal --&gt;
-&lt;div id="myModal" class="modal hide fade" tabindex="-1" role="dialog" aria-labelledby="myModalLabel" aria-hidden="true"&gt;
+&lt;div id="myModal" class="modal fade" tabindex="-1" role="dialog" aria-labelledby="myModalLabel" aria-hidden="true"&gt;
   &lt;div class="modal-header"&gt;
     &lt;button type="button" class="close" data-dismiss="modal" aria-hidden="true"&gt;&times;&lt;/button&gt;
     &lt;h3 id="myModalLabel"&gt;Modal header&lt;/h3&gt;
diff --git a/less/modals.less b/less/modals.less
index 8da32dea..7a233091 100644
--- a/less/modals.less
+++ b/less/modals.less
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@
   top: 10%;
   left: 50%;
   z-index: @zindex-modal;
+  display: none;
   width: 560px;
   margin-left: -280px;
   background-color: #fff;
diff --git a/less/utilities.less b/less/utilities.less
index b11bcb3e..d1e0a1be 100644
--- a/less/utilities.less
+++ b/less/utilities.less
@@ -21,10 +21,10 @@
 // -------------------------
 
 .hide {
-  display: none;
+  display: none !important;
 }
 .show {
-  display: block;
+  display: block !important;
 }
 .invisible {
   visibility: hidden;