diff --git a/src/Umbraco.Web/umbraco.presentation/umbraco/Trees/BaseContentTree.cs b/src/Umbraco.Web/umbraco.presentation/umbraco/Trees/BaseContentTree.cs
index 8903e98d55..6a86e35fba 100644
--- a/src/Umbraco.Web/umbraco.presentation/umbraco/Trees/BaseContentTree.cs
+++ b/src/Umbraco.Web/umbraco.presentation/umbraco/Trees/BaseContentTree.cs
@@ -112,8 +112,13 @@ function openContent(id) {
                 node.Icon = dd.ContentTypeIcon;
                 node.OpenIcon = dd.ContentTypeIcon;
             }
-			if (!dd.Published)
-				node.Style.DimNode();
+
+            if (dd.Published == false)
+                node.Style.DimNode();
+
+            if (dd.HasPendingChanges())
+                node.Style.HighlightNode();
+
             return node;
         }
 
diff --git a/src/Umbraco.Web/umbraco.presentation/umbraco/Trees/XmlTree.cs b/src/Umbraco.Web/umbraco.presentation/umbraco/Trees/XmlTree.cs
index 314a5363ed..38eaca32c0 100644
--- a/src/Umbraco.Web/umbraco.presentation/umbraco/Trees/XmlTree.cs
+++ b/src/Umbraco.Web/umbraco.presentation/umbraco/Trees/XmlTree.cs
@@ -339,12 +339,7 @@ namespace umbraco.cms.presentation.Trees
 		public bool? NotPublished
 		{
 			get { return m_notPublished; }
-			set
-			{
-				m_notPublished = value;
-			    if (m_notPublished.HasValue && m_notPublished.Value)
-                    this.Style.DimNode();
-			}
+			set { m_notPublished = value; }
 		}
 
 		/// <summary>