diff --git a/docs/content/components/alerts.md b/docs/content/components/alerts.md
index 2db22c45..1f5a099c 100644
--- a/docs/content/components/alerts.md
+++ b/docs/content/components/alerts.md
@@ -172,9 +172,7 @@ A flash message that is full width and removes border and border radius.
 
 ```html live
 <div class="flash flash-full">
-  <div class="container">
-    Full width flash message.
-  </div>
+  Full width flash message.
 </div>
 ```
 
diff --git a/src/alerts/flash.scss b/src/alerts/flash.scss
index 6b572246..41c288ef 100644
--- a/src/alerts/flash.scss
+++ b/src/alerts/flash.scss
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 .flash {
   position: relative;
   // stylelint-disable-next-line primer/spacing
-  padding: 20px $spacer-4;
+  padding: 20px $spacer-3;
   color: $text-gray-dark;
   border-style: $border-style;
   border-width: $border-width;
@@ -56,7 +56,6 @@
   float: right;
   // stylelint-disable-next-line primer/spacing
   margin-top: -3px;
-  margin-right: -$spacer-2;
   margin-left: $spacer-4;
   background-clip: padding-box;
 }