diff --git a/wp-admin/edit-comments.php b/wp-admin/edit-comments.php
index f54d0abd8f..ba8924f1e0 100644
--- a/wp-admin/edit-comments.php
+++ b/wp-admin/edit-comments.php
@@ -251,7 +251,7 @@ if ( isset( $_REQUEST['s'] ) && strlen( $_REQUEST['s'] ) ) {
 	printf(
 		/* translators: %s: Search query. */
 		__( 'Search results for: %s' ),
-		'<strong>' . wp_html_excerpt( esc_html( wp_unslash( $_REQUEST['s'] ) ), 50, '&hellip;' ) . '</strong>'
+		'<strong>' . esc_html( wp_unslash( $_REQUEST['s'] ) ) . '</strong>'
 	);
 	echo '</span>';
 }
diff --git a/wp-includes/version.php b/wp-includes/version.php
index 1cba66b36d..612801524b 100644
--- a/wp-includes/version.php
+++ b/wp-includes/version.php
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@
  *
  * @global string $wp_version
  */
-$wp_version = '5.9-alpha-51974';
+$wp_version = '5.9-alpha-51975';
 
 /**
  * Holds the WordPress DB revision, increments when changes are made to the WordPress DB schema.