diff --git a/Ghidra/Features/Base/src/main/java/ghidra/app/plugin/core/hover/AbstractReferenceHover.java b/Ghidra/Features/Base/src/main/java/ghidra/app/plugin/core/hover/AbstractReferenceHover.java
index 6c4e070a3d..ee2335e0c1 100644
--- a/Ghidra/Features/Base/src/main/java/ghidra/app/plugin/core/hover/AbstractReferenceHover.java
+++ b/Ghidra/Features/Base/src/main/java/ghidra/app/plugin/core/hover/AbstractReferenceHover.java
@@ -227,9 +227,9 @@ public abstract class AbstractReferenceHover extends AbstractConfigurableHover {
 			for (Symbol s : symbols) {
 				ColorAndStyle style = inspector.getColorAndStyle(s);
 				String name = s.getName(true);
-				name = HTMLUtilities.friendlyEncodeHTML(pad);
+				name = pad + HTMLUtilities.friendlyEncodeHTML(name);
 				String html = style.toHtml(name);
-				buffy.append(pad).append(html).append(newline);
+				buffy.append(html).append(newline);
 			}
 		}