diff --git a/left.php3 b/left.php3
index 9621a51a0..92b68c686 100755
--- a/left.php3
+++ b/left.php3
@@ -246,7 +246,7 @@ if ($num_dbs > 1) {
             } else {
                 echo "\n";
                 ?>
-        <nobr><img name="imEx" src="images/minus.gif" border="0" width="9" height="9" />
+        <nobr><img name="imEx" src="images/minus.gif" border="0" width="9" height="9" alt="-" />
                 <?php
             }
             echo "\n";
@@ -302,7 +302,7 @@ if ($num_dbs > 1) {
                 }
                 $selected = ' selected="selected"';
 
-                $table_list_header .= '<nobr><img name="imEx" src="images/minus.gif" border="0" width="9" height="9" />';
+                $table_list_header .= '<nobr><img name="imEx" src="images/minus.gif" border="0" width="9" height="9" alt="-" />';
                 $table_list_header .= '        <a class="item" target="phpmain" href="db_details.php3?' . $common_url_query . '">';
                 $table_list_header .= '            <span class="heada">' . $db . '<bdo dir="' . $text_dir . '">&nbsp;&nbsp;</bdo></span><span class="headaCnt">(' . $num_tables_disp . ')</span></a></nobr>';
                 $table_list_header .= '';