diff --git a/code/__DEFINES/span.dm b/code/__DEFINES/span.dm
index f7d9ebef916..9b3c2612afa 100644
--- a/code/__DEFINES/span.dm
+++ b/code/__DEFINES/span.dm
@@ -14,8 +14,8 @@
 #define span_alien(str) ("<span class='alien'>" + str + "</span>")
 #define span_announce(str) ("<span class='announce'>" + str + "</span>")
 #define span_announcement_header(str) ("<span class='announcement_header'>" + str + "</span>")
-#define span_average(str) ("<span class='average'" + str + "</span")
-#define span_bad(str) ("<span class='bad'" + str + "</span")
+#define span_average(str) ("<span class='average'>" + str + "</span>")
+#define span_bad(str) ("<span class='bad'>" + str + "</span>")
 #define span_big(str) ("<span class='big'>" + str + "</span>")
 #define span_bigicon(str) ("<span class='bigicon'>" + str + "</span>")
 #define span_binarysay(str) ("<span class='binarysay'>" + str + "</span>")