diff --git a/koha-tmpl/intranet-tmpl/prog/en/includes/prefs-admin-search.inc b/koha-tmpl/intranet-tmpl/prog/en/includes/prefs-admin-search.inc
index c7b2bbae0d..41705765ef 100644
--- a/koha-tmpl/intranet-tmpl/prog/en/includes/prefs-admin-search.inc
+++ b/koha-tmpl/intranet-tmpl/prog/en/includes/prefs-admin-search.inc
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
 	    <form action="/cgi-bin/koha/admin/preferences.pl">
         <input type="hidden" name="tab" value="[% last_tab %]" />
         <input type="hidden" name="op" value="search" />
-        <input class="head-searchbox" type="text" size="40" name="searchfield" value="[% searchfield |html %]" />
+        <input class="head-searchbox" type="text" size="40" name="searchfield" value="">
         <input type="submit" class="submit" value="Search" />
     </form>
 	</div>
diff --git a/koha-tmpl/intranet-tmpl/prog/en/modules/admin/preferences.tt b/koha-tmpl/intranet-tmpl/prog/en/modules/admin/preferences.tt
index ed2aa03547..550981aa44 100644
--- a/koha-tmpl/intranet-tmpl/prog/en/modules/admin/preferences.tt
+++ b/koha-tmpl/intranet-tmpl/prog/en/modules/admin/preferences.tt
@@ -76,6 +76,8 @@
     <div class="dialog alert">
         No system preferences matched your search for: <strong>[% searchfield |html %]</strong>
     </div>
+    [% ELSE %]
+        You searched for: <strong>[% searchfield | html %]</strong>
     [% END %]
     [% FOREACH TAB IN TABS %]
     <div class="prefs-tab">