diff --git a/layouts/_default/rss.xml b/layouts/_default/rss.xml
index 10079e34..b516c2f9 100644
--- a/layouts/_default/rss.xml
+++ b/layouts/_default/rss.xml
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@
       <pubDate>{{ .Date.Format "Mon, 02 Jan 2006 15:04:05 -0700" | safeHTML }}</pubDate>
       {{ with .Site.Author.email }}<author>{{.}}{{ with $.Site.Author.name }} ({{.}}){{end}}</author>{{end}}
       <guid>{{ .Permalink }}</guid>
-      <description>{{ .Content | html }} ({{ .Permalink | safeHTML }})</description>
+      <description>{{ printf "%q (%q)" .Content .Permalink | html }}</description>
     </item>
     {{ end }}
   </channel>