diff --git a/html/user/team_create_action.php b/html/user/team_create_action.php
index d6121ccca7..517af36d87 100644
--- a/html/user/team_create_action.php
+++ b/html/user/team_create_action.php
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ if (!is_valid_team_type($type)) {
 }
 
 $name_html = process_user_text(post_str("name_html", true));
-$description = boinc_htmlentities(process_user_text(post_str("description", true)));
+$description = process_user_text(post_str("description", true));
 $country = process_user_text(post_str("country", true));
 
 if (!is_valid_country($country)) {
diff --git a/html/user/team_edit_action.php b/html/user/team_edit_action.php
index d5530a272c..b1dcdabe80 100644
--- a/html/user/team_edit_action.php
+++ b/html/user/team_edit_action.php
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ if ($user->teamid == $teamid) {
     $team_name = boinc_htmlentities(process_user_text(strip_tags(post_str("name"))));
     $team_name_lc = strtolower($team_name);
     $team_name_html = process_user_text(post_str("name_html", true)); //Do we really not want to
-    $team_description = boinc_htmlentities(process_user_text(post_str("description", true))); //scrub out bad HTML tags?
+    $team_description = process_user_text(post_str("description", true)); //scrub out bad HTML tags?
     $type = process_user_text(post_str("type", true));
     $country = process_user_text(post_str("country", true));