diff --git a/modules/swagger-codegen/src/main/java/io/swagger/codegen/DefaultCodegen.java b/modules/swagger-codegen/src/main/java/io/swagger/codegen/DefaultCodegen.java
index aeca659e42a..b1b6566d0e9 100644
--- a/modules/swagger-codegen/src/main/java/io/swagger/codegen/DefaultCodegen.java
+++ b/modules/swagger-codegen/src/main/java/io/swagger/codegen/DefaultCodegen.java
@@ -963,7 +963,7 @@ public class DefaultCodegen {
         } else {
             r.code = responseCode;
         }
-        r.message = response.getDescription();
+        r.message = escapeText(response.getDescription());
         r.schema = response.getSchema();
         r.examples = toExamples(response.getExamples());
         r.jsonSchema = Json.pretty(response);