diff --git a/MANUAL.txt b/MANUAL.txt
index ae518054d..170af0d6f 100644
--- a/MANUAL.txt
+++ b/MANUAL.txt
@@ -880,7 +880,7 @@ Options affecting specific writers
         Image Caption, Figure, Captioned Figure, TOC Heading;
         [character] Default Paragraph Font, Body Text Char,
         Verbatim Char, Footnote Reference, Hyperlink; [table]
-        Normal Table.
+        Table.
 
     ODT
 
diff --git a/data/docx/word/styles.xml b/data/docx/word/styles.xml
index 67d336db1..3596d8bbc 100644
--- a/data/docx/word/styles.xml
+++ b/data/docx/word/styles.xml
@@ -342,8 +342,9 @@
     <w:semiHidden />
     <w:unhideWhenUsed />
   </w:style>
-  <w:style w:type="table" w:default="1" w:styleId="TableNormal">
-    <w:name w:val="Normal Table" />
+  <w:style w:type="table" w:default="1" w:styleId="Table">
+    <w:name w:val="Table" />
+    <w:basedOn w:val="TableNormal" />
     <w:semiHidden />
     <w:unhideWhenUsed />
     <w:qFormat />
diff --git a/src/Text/Pandoc/Writers/Docx.hs b/src/Text/Pandoc/Writers/Docx.hs
index a10840033..5b714ba41 100644
--- a/src/Text/Pandoc/Writers/Docx.hs
+++ b/src/Text/Pandoc/Writers/Docx.hs
@@ -953,7 +953,7 @@ blockToOpenXML' opts (Table caption aligns widths headers rows) = do
     caption' ++
     [mknode "w:tbl" []
       ( mknode "w:tblPr" []
-        (   mknode "w:tblStyle" [("w:val","TableNormal")] () :
+        (   mknode "w:tblStyle" [("w:val","Table")] () :
             mknode "w:tblW" [("w:type", "pct"), ("w:w", show rowwidth)] () :
             mknode "w:tblLook" [("w:firstRow","1") | hasHeader ] () :
           [ mknode "w:tblCaption" [("w:val", captionStr)] ()