diff --git a/magnolia-module-standard-templating-kit/src/main/java/info/magnolia/module/templatingkit/search/SearchResultItem.java b/magnolia-module-standard-templating-kit/src/main/java/info/magnolia/module/templatingkit/search/SearchResultItem.java
index 2a35e33..39e5a50 100644
--- a/magnolia-module-standard-templating-kit/src/main/java/info/magnolia/module/templatingkit/search/SearchResultItem.java
+++ b/magnolia-module-standard-templating-kit/src/main/java/info/magnolia/module/templatingkit/search/SearchResultItem.java
@@ -288,9 +288,9 @@
                 StringBuffer snippet = new StringBuffer();
 
                 snippet.append(StringUtils.substring(resultString, from, pos));
-                snippet.append("<em class=\"highlight\">");
+                snippet.append("<mark>");
                 snippet.append(StringUtils.substring(resultString, pos, posEnd));
-                snippet.append("</em>");
+                snippet.append("</mark>");
                 snippet.append(StringUtils.substring(resultString, posEnd, to));
 
                 if (from > 0) {
diff --git a/magnolia-module-standard-templating-kit/src/main/resources/templating-kit/components/features/searchResult.ftl b/magnolia-module-standard-templating-kit/src/main/resources/templating-kit/components/features/searchResult.ftl
index b87e8f3..b36c1dc 100644
--- a/magnolia-module-standard-templating-kit/src/main/resources/templating-kit/components/features/searchResult.ftl
+++ b/magnolia-module-standard-templating-kit/src/main/resources/templating-kit/components/features/searchResult.ftl
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@
 [#-------------- RENDERING PART --------------]
 [#-- Rendering: Search Results --]
 <div class="text">
-    <h1><em>${model.count!}</em> ${i18n['search.searchResultTitle']} <span class="search-term"><span>${i18n['search.searchResultFor']} </span>"${model.queryStr!?html}"</span></h1>
+    <h1><em>${model.count!}</em> ${i18n['search.searchResultTitle']} <span class="search-term"><span>${i18n['search.searchResultFor']}</span> <mark>${model.queryStr!?html}</mark></span></h1>
 [#-- Macro: Pager --]
 [@pagination model "top" /]
     <ol>
@@ -81,4 +81,4 @@
             </div>
         </fieldset>
     </form>
-</div>
\ No newline at end of file
+</div>