diff --git a/catalogue/search.pl b/catalogue/search.pl
index a2398db7e7..9552c39089 100755
--- a/catalogue/search.pl
+++ b/catalogue/search.pl
@@ -413,7 +413,7 @@ for ( my $i=0; $i<@limits; $i++ ) {
             my $holdingbranchlimit = $limits[$i];
             $homebranchlimit =~ s/branch/homebranch/;
             $holdingbranchlimit =~ s/branch/holdingbranch/;
-            $limits[$i] = "$homebranchlimit or $holdingbranchlimit";
+            $limits[$i] = "($homebranchlimit or $holdingbranchlimit)";
         }
     }
 }
diff --git a/opac/opac-search.pl b/opac/opac-search.pl
index bc344c2076..26ec1cca9e 100755
--- a/opac/opac-search.pl
+++ b/opac/opac-search.pl
@@ -519,7 +519,7 @@ for ( my $i=0; $i<@limits; $i++ ) {
             my $holdingbranchlimit = $limits[$i];
             $homebranchlimit =~ s/branch/homebranch/;
             $holdingbranchlimit =~ s/branch/holdingbranch/;
-            $limits[$i] = "$homebranchlimit or $holdingbranchlimit";
+            $limits[$i] = "($homebranchlimit or $holdingbranchlimit)";
         }
     }
 }