diff --git a/lib/plugins/filter/after_post_render/excerpt.js b/lib/plugins/filter/after_post_render/excerpt.js
index a33f44c6f2..d5705c09be 100644
--- a/lib/plugins/filter/after_post_render/excerpt.js
+++ b/lib/plugins/filter/after_post_render/excerpt.js
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ function excerptFilter(data) {
       data.excerpt = content.substring(0, index).trim();
       data.more = content.substring(index + match.length).trim();
 
-      return '<a id="more"></a>';
+      return '<span id="more"></span>';
     });
   } else {
     data.excerpt = '';
diff --git a/test/scripts/filters/excerpt.js b/test/scripts/filters/excerpt.js
index db5272121a..eb485221f5 100644
--- a/test/scripts/filters/excerpt.js
+++ b/test/scripts/filters/excerpt.js
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ describe('Excerpt', () => {
       data.content.should.eql([
         'foo',
         'bar',
-        '<a id="more"></a>',
+        '<span id="more"></span>',
         'baz'
       ].join('\n'));
 
@@ -81,7 +81,7 @@ describe('Excerpt', () => {
 
     data.content.should.eql([
       'foo',
-      '<a id="more"></a>',
+      '<span id="more"></span>',
       'bar',
       '<!-- more -->',
       'baz'