diff --git a/db_search.php b/db_search.php
index 10a9a1305..3defeb40e 100644
--- a/db_search.php
+++ b/db_search.php
@@ -257,7 +257,7 @@ if (isset($_REQUEST['submit_search'])) {
             $this_url_params['sql_query'] = $newsearchsqls['delete'];
             echo '<td>' . PMA_linkOrButton(
                     'sql.php' . PMA_generate_common_url($this_url_params),
-                    __('Delete'), printf(__('Delete the matches for the "%s" table?'), htmlspecialchars($each_table))) .  "</td>\n";
+                    __('Delete'), sprintf(__('Delete the matches for the %s table?'), htmlspecialchars($each_table))) .  "</td>\n";
 
         } else {
             echo '<td>&nbsp;</td>' . "\n"