1 files changed, 3 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/scripts/kernel-doc b/scripts/kernel-doc
index 351def5c6b8f..8bf1e54f14e0 100755
--- a/scripts/kernel-doc
+++ b/scripts/kernel-doc
@@ -1674,6 +1674,9 @@ sub process_state3_type($$) {
 # replace <, >, and &
 sub xml_escape($) {
         my $text = shift;
+        if (($output_mode eq "text") || ($output_mode eq "man")) {
+                return $text;
+        }
         $text =~ s/\&/\\\\\\amp;/g;
         $text =~ s/\</\\\\\\lt;/g;
         $text =~ s/\>/\\\\\\gt;/g;