diff --git a/lang/string_extractor/parsers/json_flag.py b/lang/string_extractor/parsers/json_flag.py
index 25c093c898c28..39740f5fc2344 100644
--- a/lang/string_extractor/parsers/json_flag.py
+++ b/lang/string_extractor/parsers/json_flag.py
@@ -3,11 +3,11 @@
 
 def parse_json_flag(json, origin):
     if "info" in json:
-        write_text(json["info"], origin, comment=[
+        write_text(json["info"], origin, c_format=False, comment=[
             "Please leave anything in <angle brackets> unchanged.",
             "Description of JSON flag \"{}\"".format(json["id"])
         ])
     if "restriction" in json:
-        write_text(json["restriction"], origin,
+        write_text(json["restriction"], origin, c_format=False,
                    comment="Description of restriction of JSON flag \"{}\""
                    .format(json["id"]))