diff --git a/api/js/etemplate/Et2Select/Tag/Et2EmailTag.ts b/api/js/etemplate/Et2Select/Tag/Et2EmailTag.ts
index ee16383328..f13d63a783 100644
--- a/api/js/etemplate/Et2Select/Tag/Et2EmailTag.ts
+++ b/api/js/etemplate/Et2Select/Tag/Et2EmailTag.ts
@@ -222,7 +222,7 @@ export class Et2EmailTag extends Et2Tag
                              lname=${option.lname || nothing}
                              fname=${option.fname || nothing}
                              image=${option.photo || nothing}
-                             statustext="${this.egw().lang("Open existing contact") + option.n_fn}"
+                             statustext="${this.egw().lang("Open existing contact") + ": " + option.n_fn}"
                 >
                 </et2-lavatar>`;
 		}