diff --git a/template/en/default/search/form.html.tmpl b/template/en/default/search/form.html.tmpl
index 4fa4ac680..9d9bdcc27 100644
--- a/template/en/default/search/form.html.tmpl
+++ b/template/en/default/search/form.html.tmpl
@@ -134,8 +134,8 @@
   [% FOREACH field = freetext_fields %]
     <tr id="[% field.name %]_cont">
       <th align="right">
-        <label for="[% field.name %]"
-               accesskey="[% tf_accesskey.${field.name} %]">[% tf_desc.${field.name} || field.description | html %]</label>:
+        <label for="[% field.name %]" accesskey="[% tf_accesskey.${field.name} %]">
+          [% tf_desc.${field.name} || html(field.description) %]</label>:
       </th>
       <td>
         [% t = field.name _ '_type' %]