diff --git a/core/modules/node/node.module b/core/modules/node/node.module
index ff073ae..b1ae3a6 100644
--- a/core/modules/node/node.module
+++ b/core/modules/node/node.module
@@ -1340,7 +1340,7 @@ function node_search_admin() {
   );
   $form['content_ranking']['#theme'] = 'node_search_admin';
   $form['content_ranking']['info'] = array(
-    '#value' => '<em>' . t('The following numbers control which properties the content search should favor when ordering the results. Higher numbers mean more influence, zero means the property is ignored. Changing these numbers does not require the search index to be rebuilt. Changes take effect immediately.') . '</em>'
+    '#markup' => '<p>' . t('The following numbers control which properties the content search should favor when ordering the results. Higher numbers mean more influence, zero means the property is ignored. Changing these numbers does not require the search index to be rebuilt. Changes take effect immediately.') . '</p>',
   );
 
   // Note: reversed to reflect that higher number = higher ranking.
diff --git a/core/modules/search/search.admin.inc b/core/modules/search/search.admin.inc
index a63cf47..5675906 100644
--- a/core/modules/search/search.admin.inc
+++ b/core/modules/search/search.admin.inc
@@ -90,7 +90,7 @@ function search_admin_settings($form, &$form_state) {
     '#title' => t('Indexing settings')
   );
   $form['indexing_settings']['info'] = array(
-    '#markup' => t('<p><em>Changing the settings below will cause the site index to be rebuilt. The search index is not cleared but systematically updated to reflect the new settings. Searching will continue to work but new content won\'t be indexed until all existing content has been re-indexed.</em></p><p><em>The default settings should be appropriate for the majority of sites.</em></p>')
+    '#markup' => t('Changing the settings below will cause the site index to be rebuilt. The search index is not cleared but systematically updated to reflect the new settings. Searching will continue to work but new content will not be indexed until all existing content has been re-indexed.')
   );
   $form['indexing_settings']['minimum_word_size'] = array(
     '#type' => 'number',
diff --git a/core/modules/search/search.api.php b/core/modules/search/search.api.php
index ce581b0..63bd1d6 100644
--- a/core/modules/search/search.api.php
+++ b/core/modules/search/search.api.php
@@ -140,7 +140,7 @@ function hook_search_admin() {
   $form['content_ranking']['#theme'] = 'node_search_admin';
   $form['content_ranking']['#tree'] = TRUE;
   $form['content_ranking']['info'] = array(
-    '#value' => '<em>' . t('The following numbers control which properties the content search should favor when ordering the results. Higher numbers mean more influence, zero means the property is ignored. Changing these numbers does not require the search index to be rebuilt. Changes take effect immediately.') . '</em>'
+    '#markup' => '<p>' . t('The following numbers control which properties the content search should favor when ordering the results. Higher numbers mean more influence, zero means the property is ignored. Changing these numbers does not require the search index to be rebuilt. Changes take effect immediately.') . '</p>',
   );
 
   // Note: reversed to reflect that higher number = higher ranking.