diff --git a/pelican/themes/notmyidea/templates/article.html b/pelican/themes/notmyidea/templates/article.html
index 06110b43..13e8e7ea 100644
--- a/pelican/themes/notmyidea/templates/article.html
+++ b/pelican/themes/notmyidea/templates/article.html
@@ -1,12 +1,12 @@
 {% extends "base.html" %}
-{% block title %}{{ article.title|striptags }}{% endblock %}
+{% block title %}{{ article.title|escape }}{% endblock %}
 {% block content %}
 <section id="content" class="body">
   <article>
     <header>
       <h1 class="entry-title">
         <a href="{{ SITEURL }}/{{ article.url }}" rel="bookmark"
-           title="Permalink to {{ article.title|striptags }}">{{ article.title }}</a></h1>
+           title="Permalink to {{ article.title|escape }}">{{ article.title }}</a></h1>
       {% include 'twitter.html' %}
     </header>
 
diff --git a/pelican/themes/notmyidea/templates/index.html b/pelican/themes/notmyidea/templates/index.html
index 20ca7eee..2e3c03a4 100644
--- a/pelican/themes/notmyidea/templates/index.html
+++ b/pelican/themes/notmyidea/templates/index.html
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@
             <li><article class="hentry">
                 <header>
                     <h1><a href="{{ SITEURL }}/{{ article.url }}" rel="bookmark"
-                           title="Permalink to {{ article.title|striptags }}">{{ article.title }}</a></h1>
+                           title="Permalink to {{ article.title|escape }}">{{ article.title }}</a></h1>
                 </header>
 
                 <div class="entry-content">
diff --git a/pelican/themes/simple/templates/article.html b/pelican/themes/simple/templates/article.html
index fb01b337..8cbf0caa 100644
--- a/pelican/themes/simple/templates/article.html
+++ b/pelican/themes/simple/templates/article.html
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@
   <header>
     <h2 class="entry-title">
       <a href="{{ SITEURL }}/{{ article.url }}" rel="bookmark"
-         title="Permalink to {{ article.title|striptags }}">{{ article.title }}</a></h2>
+         title="Permalink to {{ article.title|escape }}">{{ article.title }}</a></h2>
  {% import 'translations.html' as translations with context %}
  {{ translations.translations_for(article) }}
   </header>
diff --git a/pelican/themes/simple/templates/index.html b/pelican/themes/simple/templates/index.html
index ab4bc345..b55cb233 100644
--- a/pelican/themes/simple/templates/index.html
+++ b/pelican/themes/simple/templates/index.html
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
 <ol id="post-list">
 {% for article in articles_page.object_list %}
         <li><article class="hentry">
-                <header> <h2 class="entry-title"><a href="{{ SITEURL }}/{{ article.url }}" rel="bookmark" title="Permalink to {{ article.title|striptags }}">{{ article.title }}</a></h2> </header>
+                <header> <h2 class="entry-title"><a href="{{ SITEURL }}/{{ article.url }}" rel="bookmark" title="Permalink to {{ article.title|escape }}">{{ article.title }}</a></h2> </header>
                 <footer class="post-info">
                     <time class="published" datetime="{{ article.date.isoformat() }}"> {{ article.locale_date }} </time>
                     <address class="vcard author">By