diff --git a/src/wp-admin/edit-comments.php b/src/wp-admin/edit-comments.php
index b7aec5d1de..361cd2f47a 100644
--- a/src/wp-admin/edit-comments.php
+++ b/src/wp-admin/edit-comments.php
@@ -233,7 +233,7 @@ if ( isset( $_REQUEST['s'] ) && strlen( $_REQUEST['s'] ) ) {
 	printf(
 		/* translators: %s: Search query. */
 		__( 'Search results for: %s' ),
-		'<strong>' . wp_html_excerpt( esc_html( wp_unslash( $_REQUEST['s'] ) ), 50, '&hellip;' . '</strong>' )
+		'<strong>' . wp_html_excerpt( esc_html( wp_unslash( $_REQUEST['s'] ) ), 50, '&hellip;' ) . '</strong>'
 	);
 	echo '</span>';
 }