diff -u b/core/themes/bartik/css/components/comments.css b/core/themes/bartik/css/components/comments.css
--- b/core/themes/bartik/css/components/comments.css
+++ b/core/themes/bartik/css/components/comments.css
@@ -98,7 +98,7 @@
   margin-right: 0;
   padding: 5px 5px 5px 2px;
 }
-.node--unpublished .comment__arrow {
+.comment--unpublished .comment__arrow {
   border-left: 1px solid #fff4f4;
   border-right: 1px solid #fff4f4;
 }