diff --git a/mod/glossary/lib.php b/mod/glossary/lib.php
index a5bd709d6d1..30fe89c2ba0 100644
--- a/mod/glossary/lib.php
+++ b/mod/glossary/lib.php
@@ -2740,7 +2740,7 @@ function glossary_get_paging_bar($totalcount, $page, $perpage, $baseurl, $maxpag
         if ($showspecial) {
             $code .= '<br />';
             if ($specialselected) {
-                $code .= "<b>$specialtext</b>";
+                $code .= "$separator<b>$specialtext</b>";
             } else {
                 $code .= "$separator<a href=\"{$baseurl}page=$specialvalue\">$specialtext</a>";
             }