diff --git a/javascripts/hyperscript.js b/javascripts/hyperscript.js
index 7c09d2e33e..dbe40350c9 100644
--- a/javascripts/hyperscript.js
+++ b/javascripts/hyperscript.js
@@ -39,6 +39,6 @@ export default function h (tagName, ...children) {
 }
 
 export const tags = Object.fromEntries(
-  ['div', 'form', 'a', 'input', 'button', 'ol', 'li', 'em']
+  ['div', 'form', 'a', 'input', 'button', 'ol', 'li', 'mark']
     .map(tagName => [tagName, (...args) => h(tagName, ...args)])
 )
diff --git a/javascripts/search.js b/javascripts/search.js
index 607dd1f91a..f90c56a04d 100644
--- a/javascripts/search.js
+++ b/javascripts/search.js
@@ -241,26 +241,26 @@ function tmplSearchResult ({ url, breadcrumbs, heading, title, content }) {
       div(
         { class: 'search-result-breadcrumbs d-block text-gray-dark opacity-60 text-small pb-1' },
         // Remove redundant title from the end of breadcrumbs
-        emify((breadcrumbs || '').replace(` / ${title}`, ''))
+        markify((breadcrumbs || '').replace(` / ${title}`, ''))
       ),
       div(
         { class: 'search-result-title d-block h4-mktg text-gray-dark' },
         // Display page title and heading (if present exists)
-        emify(heading ? `${title}: ${heading}` : title)
+        markify(heading ? `${title}: ${heading}` : title)
       ),
       div(
         { class: 'search-result-content d-block text-gray' },
         // Truncate without breaking inner HTML tags
-        emify(truncate(content, maxContentLength))
+        markify(truncate(content, maxContentLength))
       )
     )
   )
 }
 
-// Allow em tags in search responses
-function emify (text) {
-  const { em } = tags
+// Convert em to mark tags in search responses
+function markify (text) {
+  const { mark } = tags
   return text
     .split(/<\/?em>/g)
-    .map((el, i) => i % 2 ? em(el) : el)
+    .map((el, i) => i % 2 ? mark(el) : el)
 }