diff --git a/share/html/Elements/ShowTransaction b/share/html/Elements/ShowTransaction
index d5e0c7372ef..5de4e7955fa 100644
--- a/share/html/Elements/ShowTransaction
+++ b/share/html/Elements/ShowTransaction
@@ -122,7 +122,7 @@ my @classes = (
     ($RowNum % 2 ? 'odd' : 'even')
 );
 
-my $desc = $Transaction->BriefDescriptionAsHTML;
+my $desc = $Transaction->BriefDescription;
 if ( $Object->id != $Transaction->ObjectId ) {
     # merged objects
     $desc = join " - ",