diff --git a/docs/gotcha.txt b/docs/gotcha.txt
index 87f257292..98e05c405 100644
--- a/docs/gotcha.txt
+++ b/docs/gotcha.txt
@@ -20,11 +20,6 @@ save you many hours of grief.
 	sitename = www.mycompany.com
 
 
-5.2.5
---------------------------------------------------------------------
- * You'll need to upgrade HTML::Parser to at least version 3.27.
-
-
 5.2.0
 --------------------------------------------------------------------
  * You'll need to add a section to the style sheet of each one of
diff --git a/docs/install.txt b/docs/install.txt
index 965276ed0..f6a07b4a9 100644
--- a/docs/install.txt
+++ b/docs/install.txt
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ QnD INSTALL INSTRUCTIONS:
    DBD::mysql
    Digest::MD5
    Date::Calc
-   HTML::Parser (3.27+)
+   HTML::Parser 
    Image::Magick (optional)
    Cache::FileCache (optional)
 
diff --git a/lib/WebGUI/Wobject/SyndicatedContent.pm b/lib/WebGUI/Wobject/SyndicatedContent.pm
index 99813b175..b23ce8759 100644
--- a/lib/WebGUI/Wobject/SyndicatedContent.pm
+++ b/lib/WebGUI/Wobject/SyndicatedContent.pm
@@ -86,8 +86,8 @@ sub www_view {
 	unless (defined $rssFile) {
 		$rssFile = $cache->setByHTTP($_[0]->get("rssUrl"),3600);
 	}
-	$rssFile =~ s#(<title>)(.*?)(</title>)#$1.HTML::Entities::encode_entities_numeric(decode_entities($2)).$3#ges; 
-	$rssFile =~ s#(<description>)(.*?)(</description>)#$1.HTML::Entities::encode_entities_numeric(decode_entities($2)).$3#ges; 
+	$rssFile =~ s#(<title>)(.*?)(</title>)#$1.HTML::Entities::encode_entities(decode_entities($2)).$3#ges; 
+	$rssFile =~ s#(<description>)(.*?)(</description>)#$1.HTML::Entities::encode_entities(decode_entities($2)).$3#ges; 
 	eval{parseRSS(\%rss, \$rssFile)};
 	if ($@) {
 		WebGUI::ErrorHandler::warn($_[0]->get("rssUrl")." ".$@);