diff --git a/app/views/proposals/index.html.erb b/app/views/proposals/index.html.erb
index 016c93fd7..790a256f0 100644
--- a/app/views/proposals/index.html.erb
+++ b/app/views/proposals/index.html.erb
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@
                   t("proposals.index.search_results", count: @proposals.size, search_term: @search_terms)
                 ) %>
               <% end %>
-            <p>
+            </p>
           <% elsif params[:retired].present? %>
             <h2><%= t("proposals.index.retired_proposals") %></h2>
           <% elsif params[:selected].present? %>