diff --git a/koha-tmpl/intranet-tmpl/prog/en/modules/tools/letter.tt b/koha-tmpl/intranet-tmpl/prog/en/modules/tools/letter.tt
index 09a5e793d8..056f9b4343 100644
--- a/koha-tmpl/intranet-tmpl/prog/en/modules/tools/letter.tt
+++ b/koha-tmpl/intranet-tmpl/prog/en/modules/tools/letter.tt
@@ -198,7 +198,7 @@ $(document).ready(function() {
     </form>
 
 		[% IF ( search ) %]
-        <p>You searched for <b>[% searchfield %]</b></p>
+        <p>You searched for <b>[% searchfield | html %]</b></p>
 		[% END %]
 		[% IF ( letter && !independant_branch) %]
             [% select_for_copy = BLOCK %]