1 files changed, 1 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/sphinx/themes/basic/static/searchtools.js b/sphinx/themes/basic/static/searchtools.js
index 1a90152eb..2f500ae5d 100644
--- a/sphinx/themes/basic/static/searchtools.js
+++ b/sphinx/themes/basic/static/searchtools.js
@@ -509,7 +509,7 @@ var Search = {
     var excerpt = ((start > 0) ? '...' : '') +
       $.trim(text.substr(start, 240)) +
       ((start + 240 - text.length) ? '...' : '');
-    var rv = $('<div class="context"></div>').text(excerpt);
+    var rv = $('<p class="context"></div>').text(excerpt);
     $.each(hlwords, function() {
       rv = rv.highlightText(this, 'highlighted');
     });