diff --git a/app/assets/stylesheets/components/rapid_diffs/diff_file_component.scss b/app/assets/stylesheets/components/rapid_diffs/diff_file_component.scss
index 5b04ca162b77376c6af34b0c1e15b4928c74862e..6069cd92e1d360642a6f4e3facad6c33618accea 100644
--- a/app/assets/stylesheets/components/rapid_diffs/diff_file_component.scss
+++ b/app/assets/stylesheets/components/rapid_diffs/diff_file_component.scss
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@
 
 .rd-lines-removed {
   color: $red-500;
+  margin-left: $gl-padding-4;
 }
 
 .rd-diff-file-body {
diff --git a/app/components/rapid_diffs/diff_file_header_component.html.haml b/app/components/rapid_diffs/diff_file_header_component.html.haml
index 7d81b92c316bff70f97cb98151a2f1fbe0a98624..155aecfffcaba568076b50437ac86fd78ed20b11 100644
--- a/app/components/rapid_diffs/diff_file_header_component.html.haml
+++ b/app/components/rapid_diffs/diff_file_header_component.html.haml
@@ -41,8 +41,8 @@
         = helpers.gl_badge_tag(_('LFS'), variant: :neutral)
   .rd-diff-file-stats
     %span.rd-lines-added
-      %span +
+      %span>= "+"
       %span{ "data-testid" => "js-file-addition-line" }= @diff_file.added_lines
     %span.rd-lines-removed
-      %span −
+      %span>= "−".html_safe
       %span{ "data-testid" => "js-file-deletion-line" }= @diff_file.removed_lines