diff --git a/code/game/objects/items/devices/scanners.dm b/code/game/objects/items/devices/scanners.dm
index 7f1f1ebae47..6b472f95b80 100644
--- a/code/game/objects/items/devices/scanners.dm
+++ b/code/game/objects/items/devices/scanners.dm
@@ -136,7 +136,7 @@ REAGENT SCANNER
 		user.show_message("\blue Key: Suffocation/Toxin/Burns/Brute", 1)
 		user.show_message("\blue Body Temperature: ???", 1)
 		return
-	user.visible_message("<span class='notice'>[user] has analyzed [M]'s vitals.","<span class='notice'> You have analyzed [M]'s vitals.")
+	user.visible_message("<span class='notice'>[user] has analyzed [M]'s vitals.</span>","<span class='notice'> You have analyzed [M]'s vitals.</span>")
 
 	if(!istype(M,/mob/living/carbon/human) || M.isSynthetic())
 		//these sensors are designed for organic life