diff --git a/PowerEditor/src/ScitillaComponent/FindReplaceDlg.cpp b/PowerEditor/src/ScitillaComponent/FindReplaceDlg.cpp
index f44adc079..69421fd00 100644
--- a/PowerEditor/src/ScitillaComponent/FindReplaceDlg.cpp
+++ b/PowerEditor/src/ScitillaComponent/FindReplaceDlg.cpp
@@ -1146,6 +1146,18 @@ BOOL CALLBACK FindReplaceDlg::run_dlgProc(UINT message, WPARAM wParam, LPARAM lP
 	return FALSE;
 }
 
+generic_string replaceString(generic_string subject, const generic_string& search, const generic_string& replace)
+{
+	size_t pos = 0;
+	while ((pos = subject.find(search, pos)) != std::string::npos)
+	{
+		subject.replace(pos, search.length(), replace);
+		pos += replace.length();
+	}
+	return subject;
+}
+
+
 // return value :
 // true  : the text2find is found
 // false : the text2find is not found
@@ -1275,7 +1287,8 @@ bool FindReplaceDlg::processFindNext(const TCHAR *txt2find, const FindOption *op
 			if (NotIncremental == pOptions->_incrementalType) //incremental search doesnt trigger messages
 			{	
 				generic_string msg = TEXT("Find: Can't find the text \"");
-				msg += txt2find;
+				generic_string txt2find_escaped = replaceString(txt2find, TEXT("&"), TEXT("&&"));
+				msg += txt2find_escaped;
 				msg += TEXT("\"");
 				setStatusbarMessage(msg, FSNotFound);