diff --git a/code/modules/reagents/reagent_containers/dropper.dm b/code/modules/reagents/reagent_containers/dropper.dm
index 83286ae69e1..a4d2e0b9b28 100644
--- a/code/modules/reagents/reagent_containers/dropper.dm
+++ b/code/modules/reagents/reagent_containers/dropper.dm
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@
 					update_icon()
 					return
 			else if(isalien(target)) //hiss-hiss has no eyes!
-				target << "<span class='danger'>[target] does not seem to have any eyes!"
+				target << "<span class='danger'>[target] does not seem to have any eyes!</span>"
 				return
 
 			target.visible_message("<span class='danger'>[user] squirts something into [target]'s eyes!</span>", \