Index: modules/search/search.module
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RCS file: /cvs/drupal/drupal/modules/search/search.module,v
retrieving revision 1.338
diff -u -p -r1.338 search.module
--- modules/search/search.module	17 Feb 2010 22:44:52 -0000	1.338
+++ modules/search/search.module	27 Feb 2010 17:24:37 -0000
@@ -1075,7 +1075,7 @@ function search_excerpt($keys, $text) {
 
   // If we didn't find anything, return the beginning.
   if (count($ranges) == 0) {
-    return truncate_utf8($text, 256) . ' ...';
+    return truncate_utf8($text, 256, TRUE, TRUE);
   }
 
   // Sort the text ranges by starting position.