diff --git a/r2/r2/public/static/css/reddit.css b/r2/r2/public/static/css/reddit.css
index cf1bace48..dceda7014 100755
--- a/r2/r2/public/static/css/reddit.css
+++ b/r2/r2/public/static/css/reddit.css
@@ -2031,7 +2031,8 @@ li.searchfacet {
 .user-form input.logtxt { width: 125px; }
 
 .user-form input[type=text],
-.user-form input[type=password] {
+.user-form input[type=password],
+.user-form input[type=email] {
     width: 125px;
     border: 1px solid #A0A0A0;
     margin-top: 2px; 
diff --git a/r2/r2/templates/login.html b/r2/r2/templates/login.html
index 5915ab428..afdf45148 100644
--- a/r2/r2/templates/login.html
+++ b/r2/r2/templates/login.html
@@ -81,7 +81,7 @@
             ${_('account recovery email')}: &nbsp;<i>(${_('optional')})
           </i></label>
           <input value="" name="email" id="email_${op}" 
-                 type="text" maxlength="50" tabindex="${tabindex}"/>
+                 type="email" maxlength="50" tabindex="${tabindex}"/>
           <label for="email_${op}" class="note">${_('we will only send email at your request')}</label>
           %if register:
             ${error_field("BAD_EMAILS", "email", kind="span")}