diff --git a/src/jdk.javadoc/share/classes/jdk/javadoc/internal/doclets/formats/html/resources/stylesheet.css b/src/jdk.javadoc/share/classes/jdk/javadoc/internal/doclets/formats/html/resources/stylesheet.css
index 53b9d8ca6b2..6198df5c2f3 100644
--- a/src/jdk.javadoc/share/classes/jdk/javadoc/internal/doclets/formats/html/resources/stylesheet.css
+++ b/src/jdk.javadoc/share/classes/jdk/javadoc/internal/doclets/formats/html/resources/stylesheet.css
@@ -163,6 +163,13 @@
     <path d="m8 8 84 84" style="stroke:%23e0e0e0;stroke-width:15"/>\
     <path d="M8 92 92 8" style="stroke:%23e0e0e0;stroke-width:15"/></svg>');
     --current-theme-svg: url("moon.svg");
+    div.block a[href], div.horizontal-scroll a[href], div.inherited-list h3 a[href], header > div a[href],
+    .hierarchy a[href], .index a[href], div.caption a[href], .sub-title a[href], .deprecation-comment a[href],
+    .serialized-class-details a[href] {
+        text-decoration: underline;
+        text-decoration-thickness: 0.02em;
+        text-underline-offset: 0.12em;
+    }
 }
 /*
  * Styles for individual HTML elements.
diff --git a/test/langtools/jdk/javadoc/doclet/checkStylesheetClasses/CheckStylesheetClasses.java b/test/langtools/jdk/javadoc/doclet/checkStylesheetClasses/CheckStylesheetClasses.java
index ee1fa538a57..6740bace528 100644
--- a/test/langtools/jdk/javadoc/doclet/checkStylesheetClasses/CheckStylesheetClasses.java
+++ b/test/langtools/jdk/javadoc/doclet/checkStylesheetClasses/CheckStylesheetClasses.java
@@ -122,7 +122,7 @@ public class CheckStylesheetClasses {
                 "modifiers", "permits", "return-type");
 
         // misc: these are defined in HtmlStyle, and used by the doclet
-        removeAll(htmlStyleNames, "col-plain", "external-link", "header", "index",
+        removeAll(htmlStyleNames, "col-plain", "external-link", "header",
                 "package-uses", "packages", "permits-note", "serialized-package-container",
                 "source-container");