diff --git a/checkin_notes b/checkin_notes
index 8fdd68bdcc..a3fe448916 100755
--- a/checkin_notes
+++ b/checkin_notes
@@ -5437,3 +5437,10 @@ Bruce 3 June 2006
         handle_request.C
         transitioner.C
 
+Bruce 4 June 2006
+    - HTML ops page: properly display queries containing '<' and '>'.
+
+    html/
+        ops/
+            db_action.php
+
diff --git a/html/ops/db_action.php b/html/ops/db_action.php
index 1ed1b6d6c6..657be27fc6 100644
--- a/html/ops/db_action.php
+++ b/html/ops/db_action.php
@@ -39,7 +39,12 @@ $last = $start_at + $entries_to_show;
 
 $main_query = $q->get_select_query($entries_to_show, $start_at);
 
-echo "<p>Query: <b>$main_query</b><p>\n";
+// For display, convert query string characters < and > into 'html form' so
+// that they will be displayed.
+//
+$html_text=str_replace('<', '&lt;', str_replace('>', '&gt;', $main_query));
+
+echo "<p>Query: <b>$html_text</b><p>\n";
     
 $start_1_offset = $start_at + 1;
 echo "