diff --git a/wp-admin/options-writing.php b/wp-admin/options-writing.php
index 512d372a6a..30cf5d5b81 100644
--- a/wp-admin/options-writing.php
+++ b/wp-admin/options-writing.php
@@ -89,7 +89,7 @@ wp_dropdown_categories(array('hide_empty' => 0, 'name' => 'default_link_category
 <p><?php _e('Press This is a bookmarklet: a little app that runs in your browser and lets you grab bits of the web.');?></p>
 <p><?php _e('Use Press This to clip text, images and videos from any web page. Then edit and add more straight from Press This before you save or publish it in a post on your site.'); ?></p>
 <p><?php _e('Drag-and-drop the following link to your bookmarks bar or right click it and add it to your favorites for a posting shortcut.') ?></p>
-<p class="pressthis"><a href="<?php echo htmlspecialchars( get_shortcut_link() ); ?>" title="<?php echo esc_attr(__('Press This')) ?>"><span><?php _e('Press This') ?></span></a></p>
+<p class="pressthis"><a onclick="return false;" href="<?php echo htmlspecialchars( get_shortcut_link() ); ?>" title="<?php echo esc_attr(__('Press This')) ?>"><span><?php _e('Press This') ?></span></a></p>
 
 <?php if ( apply_filters( 'enable_post_by_email_configuration', true ) ) { ?>
 <h3><?php _e('Post via e-mail') ?></h3>
diff --git a/wp-admin/tools.php b/wp-admin/tools.php
index ac62dd49f5..a2c515437e 100644
--- a/wp-admin/tools.php
+++ b/wp-admin/tools.php
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ require_once('./admin-header.php');
 
 	<p><?php _e('Use Press This to clip text, images and videos from any web page. Then edit and add more straight from Press This before you save or publish it in a post on your site.'); ?></p>
 	<p class="description"><?php _e('Drag-and-drop the following link to your bookmarks bar or right click it and add it to your favorites for a posting shortcut.') ?></p>
-	<p class="pressthis"><a href="<?php echo htmlspecialchars( get_shortcut_link() ); ?>" title="<?php echo esc_attr(__('Press This')) ?>"><span><?php _e('Press This') ?></span></a></p>
+	<p class="pressthis"><a onclick="return false;" href="<?php echo htmlspecialchars( get_shortcut_link() ); ?>" title="<?php echo esc_attr(__('Press This')) ?>"><span><?php _e('Press This') ?></span></a></p>
 </div>
 <?php
 endif;