diff --git a/include/datetime.php b/include/datetime.php
index e3e9b9dbf6..75ae685f3a 100644
--- a/include/datetime.php
+++ b/include/datetime.php
@@ -448,7 +448,7 @@ function update_contact_birthdays() {
 			 */
 			 
 			$bdtext = sprintf( t('%s\'s birthday'), $rr['name']);
-			$bdtext2 = sprintf( t('Happy Birthday %s'), ' [url=' . $rr['url'] . ']' . $rr['name'] . '[/url]' ;
+			$bdtext2 = sprintf( t('Happy Birthday %s'), ' [url=' . $rr['url'] . ']' . $rr['name'] . '[/url]') ;
 
 
 
diff --git a/include/items.php b/include/items.php
index a4faf3adc3..1f05719688 100755
--- a/include/items.php
+++ b/include/items.php
@@ -1458,7 +1458,7 @@ function consume_feed($xml,$importer,&$contact, &$hub, $datedir = 0, $pass = 0)
 			 */
 			 
 			$bdtext = sprintf( t('%s\'s birthday'), $contact['name']);
-			$bdtext2 = sprintf( t('Happy Birthday %s'), ' [url=' . $contact['url'] . ']' . $contact['name'] . '[/url]' ;
+			$bdtext2 = sprintf( t('Happy Birthday %s'), ' [url=' . $contact['url'] . ']' . $contact['name'] . '[/url]' ) ;
 
 
 			$r = q("INSERT INTO `event` (`uid`,`cid`,`created`,`edited`,`start`,`finish`,`summary`,`desc`,`type`)