diff --git a/src/wp-content/themes/twentyseventeen/functions.php b/src/wp-content/themes/twentyseventeen/functions.php
index de8dd372ea..4090cbfad8 100644
--- a/src/wp-content/themes/twentyseventeen/functions.php
+++ b/src/wp-content/themes/twentyseventeen/functions.php
@@ -284,13 +284,15 @@ add_action( 'widgets_init', 'twentyseventeen_widgets_init' );
  * Replaces "[...]" (appended to automatically generated excerpts) with ... and
  * a 'Continue reading' link.
  *
- * Create your own twentysixteen_excerpt_more() function to override in a child theme.
- *
  * @since Twenty Seventeen 1.0
  *
  * @return string 'Continue reading' link prepended with an ellipsis.
  */
-function twentyseventeen_excerpt_more() {
+function twentyseventeen_excerpt_more( $link ) {
+	if ( is_admin() ) {
+		return $link;
+	}
+
 	$link = sprintf( '<p class="link-more"><a href="%1$s" class="more-link">%2$s</a></p>',
 		esc_url( get_permalink( get_the_ID() ) ),
 		/* translators: %s: Name of current post */