diff --git a/wp-includes/post-template.php b/wp-includes/post-template.php
index 4a2c4a277a..ddb0a85c0d 100644
--- a/wp-includes/post-template.php
+++ b/wp-includes/post-template.php
@@ -102,7 +102,7 @@ function get_the_content($more_link_text = '(more...)', $stripteaser = 0, $more_
} else {
$output = balanceTags($output);
if ( ! empty($more_link_text) )
- $output .= ' ' . $more_link_text . '';
+ $output .= ' $more_link_text";
}
}