diff --git a/app/assets/javascripts/filtered_search/dropdown_hint.js b/app/assets/javascripts/filtered_search/dropdown_hint.js
index 1c5ca1d3cf9..23040cd9eb8 100644
--- a/app/assets/javascripts/filtered_search/dropdown_hint.js
+++ b/app/assets/javascripts/filtered_search/dropdown_hint.js
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ class DropdownHint extends gl.FilteredSearchDropdown {
       .map(tokenKey => ({
         icon: `fa-${tokenKey.icon}`,
         hint: tokenKey.key,
-        tag: `<${tokenKey.tag}>`,
+        tag: `:${tokenKey.tag}`,
         type: tokenKey.type,
       }));