diff --git a/phpBB/search.php b/phpBB/search.php
index 2b463aec9c..e7b47afc2a 100644
--- a/phpBB/search.php
+++ b/phpBB/search.php
@@ -599,7 +599,7 @@ if ($keywords || $author || $author_id || $search_id || $submit)
 	$template->assign_vars(array(
 		'SEARCH_TITLE'		=> $l_search_title,
 		'SEARCH_MATCHES'	=> $l_search_matches,
-		'SEARCH_WORDS'		=> $search->search_query,
+		'SEARCH_WORDS'		=> $keywords,
 		'IGNORED_WORDS'		=> (sizeof($search->common_words)) ? implode(' ', $search->common_words) : '',
 		'PAGINATION'		=> generate_pagination($u_search, $total_match_count, $per_page, $start),
 		'PAGE_NUMBER'		=> on_page($total_match_count, $per_page, $start),