diff --git a/phpBB/privmsg.php b/phpBB/privmsg.php
index 8920c21cc7..5b5a967d5b 100644
--- a/phpBB/privmsg.php
+++ b/phpBB/privmsg.php
@@ -537,8 +537,8 @@ else if ( $mode == 'read' )
 	$yim = ( $privmsg['user_yim'] ) ? '<a href="http://edit.yahoo.com/config/send_webmesg?.target=' . $privmsg['user_yim'] . '&amp;.src=pg">' . $lang['YIM'] . '</a>' : '';
 
 	$temp_url = append_sid("search.$phpEx?search_author=" . urlencode($username_from) . "&amp;showresults=posts");
-	$search_img = '<a href="' . $temp_url . '"><img src="' . $images['icon_search'] . '" alt="' . $lang['Search_user_posts'] . '" title="' . $lang['Search_user_posts'] . '" border="0" /></a>';
-	$search = '<a href="' . $temp_url . '">' . $lang['Search_user_posts'] . '</a>';
+	$search_img = '<a href="' . $temp_url . '"><img src="' . $images['icon_search'] . '" alt="' . sprintf($lang['Search_user_posts'], $username_from) . '" title="' . sprintf($lang['Search_user_posts'], $username_from) . '" border="0" /></a>';
+	$search = '<a href="' . $temp_url . '">' . sprintf($lang['Search_user_posts'], $username_from) . '</a>';
 
 	//
 	// Processing of post