diff --git a/tutorial/manpages b/tutorial/manpages
index ff28344f24419c4700950d20e344723ddd00f44c..2931c379746e0f5fb3226b37b75876bd1eacbb0d 100644
--- a/tutorial/manpages
+++ b/tutorial/manpages
@@ -15,6 +15,8 @@ object whatis;
 
 string quote_text(string s)
 {
+  s=replace(s,({">","&","<"}),
+	    ({">","&","<"}));
   return(replace(s, ({ "*", "\\", "()", " - ", "..." }),
 		 ({ "\\(**", "\\e", "(\\|)", " \\- ", "\&.\|.\|." })));
 }