diff --git a/app/recordings/recording_edit.php b/app/recordings/recording_edit.php
index dd563f4add..86f0d701c5 100644
--- a/app/recordings/recording_edit.php
+++ b/app/recordings/recording_edit.php
@@ -440,7 +440,7 @@
 		echo "    ".$text['label-message']."\n";
 		echo "</td>\n";
 		echo "<td class='vtable' align='left'>\n";
-		echo "    <textarea class='formfld' name='recording_message' style='width: 300px; height: 150px;'>".escape($recording_message)."</textarea>\n";
+		echo "    <textarea class='formfld' name='recording_message' style='width: 300px; height: 150px;'>".htmlspecialchars($recording_message, ENT_QUOTES, 'UTF-8')."</textarea>\n";
 		echo "<br />\n";
 		echo $text['description-message']."\n";
 		echo "</td>\n";