diff --git a/src/Mod/TechDraw/Gui/TemplateTextField.cpp b/src/Mod/TechDraw/Gui/TemplateTextField.cpp
index 20061a03fb..260df0e0fc 100644
--- a/src/Mod/TechDraw/Gui/TemplateTextField.cpp
+++ b/src/Mod/TechDraw/Gui/TemplateTextField.cpp
@@ -29,6 +29,8 @@
   #include <QTextDocument>
 #endif // #ifndef _PreCmp_
 
+#include <Base/Console.h>
+
 #include "DlgTemplateField.h"
 #include "TemplateTextField.h"
 
@@ -64,11 +66,15 @@ void TemplateTextField::mouseReleaseEvent(QGraphicsSceneMouseEvent *event)
         ui.setFieldContent(tmplte->EditableTexts[fieldNameStr]);
 
         if (ui.exec() == QDialog::Accepted) {
-#if QT_VERSION >= 0x050000
-            QString qsClean = ui.getFieldContent().toHtmlEscaped();
-#else
-            QString qsClean = Qt::escape( ui.getFieldContent() );
-#endif
+        //WF: why is this escaped? 
+        //    "<" is converted elsewhere and no other characters cause problems.
+        //    escaping causes "&" to appear as "&amp;" etc
+//#if QT_VERSION >= 0x050000
+//            QString qsClean = ui.getFieldContent().toHtmlEscaped();
+//#else
+//            QString qsClean = Qt::escape( ui.getFieldContent() );
+//#endif
+            QString qsClean = ui.getFieldContent();
             std::string utf8Content = qsClean.toUtf8().constData();
             tmplte->EditableTexts.setValue(fieldNameStr, utf8Content);
         }