diff --git a/roundup/cgi/actions.py b/roundup/cgi/actions.py
--- a/roundup/cgi/actions.py
+++ b/roundup/cgi/actions.py
@@ -626,7 +626,8 @@
         except (ValueError, KeyError, IndexError,
                 roundup.exceptions.Reject), message:
             self.client.add_error_message(
-                self._('Edit Error: %s') % str(message))
+                self._('Edit Error: %s') % str(message),
+                escape=False)
             return
 
         # commit now that all the tricky stuff is done