diff --git a/cms/templates/js/maintenance/force-published-course-response.underscore b/cms/templates/js/maintenance/force-published-course-response.underscore
index d77059ca53..7441413dd4 100644
--- a/cms/templates/js/maintenance/force-published-course-response.underscore
+++ b/cms/templates/js/maintenance/force-published-course-response.underscore
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
         <%- gettext('You have done a dry run of force publishing the course. Nothing has changed. Had you run it, the following course versions would have been change.') %>
     </div>
     <div class="main-output">
-        <%= StringUtils.interpolate(
+        <%- StringUtils.interpolate(
             gettext('The published branch version, {published}, was reset to the draft branch version, {draft}.'),
             {
                 published: current_versions['published-branch'],