diff --git a/ui/app/css/main.css b/ui/app/css/main.css
index 72cd3d18..98e3290d 100644
--- a/ui/app/css/main.css
+++ b/ui/app/css/main.css
@@ -76,6 +76,9 @@ header #logo {
 	background: #bfbfbf;
 	padding: .8em;
 }
+.silence.highlight .overview {
+	background: #dfdfdf;
+}
 .silence .detail, .alert-item .detail {
 	background: #fff;
 	padding: .8em;
diff --git a/ui/app/js/app.js b/ui/app/js/app.js
index 50842e21..57266e51 100644
--- a/ui/app/js/app.js
+++ b/ui/app/js/app.js
@@ -201,8 +201,9 @@ angular.module('am.controllers').controller('AlertsCtrl',
 );
 
 angular.module('am.controllers').controller('SilenceCtrl',
-  function($scope, Silence) {
+  function($scope, $location, Silence) {
 
+    $scope.highlight = $location.search()['hl'] == $scope.sil.id;
     $scope.showDetails = false;
 
     $scope.toggleDetails = function() {
diff --git a/ui/app/partials/alert.html b/ui/app/partials/alert.html
index 4e3cacfb..c0d2a92d 100644
--- a/ui/app/partials/alert.html
+++ b/ui/app/partials/alert.html
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
 
 		<div class="right">
 			<div ng-show="alert.inhibited" class="left lbl muted-lbl">inhibited</div>
-			<div ng-show="alert.silenced" class="left lbl muted-lbl">silenced by {{ alert.silenced }}</div>
+			<div ng-show="alert.silenced" class="left lbl muted-lbl"><a ng-href="/#/silences?hl={{ alert.silenced }}">silenced</div>
 				
 			<button type="black" disabled small>Since {{ alert.startsAt | amCalendar }}</button>
 			<button class="silence-button" type="secondary" ng-click="toggleSilenceForm()" small upper>Silence</button>
diff --git a/ui/app/partials/silence.html b/ui/app/partials/silence.html
index 56001ae3..12f5a53d 100644
--- a/ui/app/partials/silence.html
+++ b/ui/app/partials/silence.html
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-<div class="silence" ng-controller="SilenceCtrl">
+<div class="silence {{ highlight ? 'highlight' : ''}}" ng-controller="SilenceCtrl">
 	<div class="overview group">
 		<div class="labels left" ng-click="toggleDetails()">
 			<span ng-repeat="m in sil.matchers | orderBy:name">