diff --git a/frontend_tests/node_tests/filter.js b/frontend_tests/node_tests/filter.js
index b44a71c856..72aefc8240 100644
--- a/frontend_tests/node_tests/filter.js
+++ b/frontend_tests/node_tests/filter.js
@@ -1120,7 +1120,7 @@ run_test('term_type', () => {
         };
     }
 
-    assert_term_type(term('streams', 'public'), 'streams');
+    assert_term_type(term('streams', 'public'), 'streams-public');
     assert_term_type(term('stream', 'whatever'), 'stream');
     assert_term_type(term('pm-with', 'whomever'), 'pm-with');
     assert_term_type(term('pm-with', 'whomever', true), 'not-pm-with');
diff --git a/static/js/filter.js b/static/js/filter.js
index 0bf4a5700f..d6c02e8c5e 100644
--- a/static/js/filter.js
+++ b/static/js/filter.js
@@ -587,7 +587,7 @@ Filter.term_type = function (term) {
 
     result += operator;
 
-    if (_.contains(['is', 'has', 'in'], operator)) {
+    if (_.contains(['is', 'has', 'in', 'streams'], operator)) {
         result += '-' + operand;
     }