diff --git a/code/modules/admin/verbs/adminpm.dm b/code/modules/admin/verbs/adminpm.dm
index 4f45e06658..d8e8021088 100644
--- a/code/modules/admin/verbs/adminpm.dm
+++ b/code/modules/admin/verbs/adminpm.dm
@@ -203,15 +203,15 @@
 
 	if(irc)
 		log_admin_private("PM: [key_name(src)]->IRC: [rawmsg]")
-		for(var/client/X in GLOB.admins)
-			to_chat(X, "<B><font color='blue'>PM: [key_name(src, X, 0)]-&gt;IRC:</B> \blue [keywordparsedmsg]</font>" )
+		for(var/client/X in GLOB.admins)
+			to_chat(X, "<font color='blue'><B>PM: [key_name(src, X, 0)]-&gt;IRC:</B> [keywordparsedmsg]</font>")
 	else
 		window_flash(recipient, ignorepref = TRUE)
 		log_admin_private("PM: [key_name(src)]->[key_name(recipient)]: [rawmsg]")
 		//we don't use message_admins here because the sender/receiver might get it too
 		for(var/client/X in GLOB.admins)
 			if(X.key!=key && X.key!=recipient.key)	//check client/X is an admin and isn't the sender or recipient
-				to_chat(X, "<B><font color='blue'>PM: [key_name(src, X, 0)]-&gt;[key_name(recipient, X, 0)]:</B> \blue [keywordparsedmsg]</font>" )
+				to_chat(X, "<font color='blue'><B>PM: [key_name(src, X, 0)]-&gt;[key_name(recipient, X, 0)]:</B> [keywordparsedmsg]</font>" )