diff --git a/packages/jupyter-ai-magics/jupyter_ai_magics/magics.py b/packages/jupyter-ai-magics/jupyter_ai_magics/magics.py
index 51b1f3bb9..57592addc 100644
--- a/packages/jupyter-ai-magics/jupyter_ai_magics/magics.py
+++ b/packages/jupyter-ai-magics/jupyter_ai_magics/magics.py
@@ -169,7 +169,8 @@ def _ai_inline_list_models_for_provider(self, provider_id, Provider):
                 return Provider.help
 
         for model_id in Provider.models:
-            output += f", `{provider_id}:{model_id}`"
+            # Wrap the name in an HTML tag to make all hyphens nonbreaking
+            output += f", <span style='white-space: nowrap; font-family: monospace;'>{provider_id}:{model_id}</span>"
 
         # Remove initial comma
         return re.sub(r"^, ", "", output)