diff --git a/crates/git/src/commit.rs b/crates/git/src/commit.rs
index f32ad226af387..d06c38e7ad75c 100644
--- a/crates/git/src/commit.rs
+++ b/crates/git/src/commit.rs
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ pub fn get_messages(working_directory: &Path, shas: &[Oid]) -> Result<HashMap<Oi
             String::from_utf8_lossy(&output.stdout)
                 .trim()
                 .split_terminator(MARKER)
-                .map(|str| str.trim().replace("<", "&lt;").replace(">", "&gt;")),
+                .map(|str| String::from(str.trim())),
         )
         .collect::<HashMap<Oid, String>>())
 }
diff --git a/crates/language/src/markdown.rs b/crates/language/src/markdown.rs
index 0221f0f431bcc..1c9cec399eec0 100644
--- a/crates/language/src/markdown.rs
+++ b/crates/language/src/markdown.rs
@@ -306,6 +306,10 @@ pub async fn parse_markdown_block(
 
             Event::SoftBreak => text.push(' '),
 
+            Event::InlineHtml(inline_html) => {
+                text.push_str(&inline_html);
+            }
+
             _ => {}
         }
     }