diff --git a/koha-tmpl/intranet-tmpl/prog/en/modules/admin/cities.tt b/koha-tmpl/intranet-tmpl/prog/en/modules/admin/cities.tt
index 7acb4d6c69..a440cf14ca 100644
--- a/koha-tmpl/intranet-tmpl/prog/en/modules/admin/cities.tt
+++ b/koha-tmpl/intranet-tmpl/prog/en/modules/admin/cities.tt
@@ -143,7 +143,7 @@
 
     <h2>Cities</h2>
     [% IF searchfield %]
-        Searching: [% searchfield %]
+        Searching: [% searchfield |html %]
     [% END %]
 
     [% IF cities.count %]