diff --git a/core-bundle/src/Resources/contao/forms/FormTextArea.php b/core-bundle/src/Resources/contao/forms/FormTextArea.php
index <HASH>..<HASH> 100644
--- a/core-bundle/src/Resources/contao/forms/FormTextArea.php
+++ b/core-bundle/src/Resources/contao/forms/FormTextArea.php
@@ -144,7 +144,7 @@ class FormTextArea extends \Widget
 				break;
 
 			case 'value':
-				return specialchars(str_replace('\n', "\n", $this->varValue));
+				return specialchars(str_replace('\n', "\n", $this->varValue), false, true);
 				break;
 
 			default:
[Core] Double encode special characters in the FormTextArea class (see #<I>).