diff --git a/src/Mvc/Extensions.ApiDescription.Server/src/build/Microsoft.Extensions.ApiDescription.Server.targets b/src/Mvc/Extensions.ApiDescription.Server/src/build/Microsoft.Extensions.ApiDescription.Server.targets
index b3ed3126e9..e461887906 100644
--- a/src/Mvc/Extensions.ApiDescription.Server/src/build/Microsoft.Extensions.ApiDescription.Server.targets
+++ b/src/Mvc/Extensions.ApiDescription.Server/src/build/Microsoft.Extensions.ApiDescription.Server.targets
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 <Project>
   <PropertyGroup Condition=" '$(OpenApiGenerateDocuments)' == '' ">
     <OpenApiGenerateDocuments
-        Condition=" '$(TargetFrameworkIdentifier)' == '.NETCoreApp' AND '$(TargetFrameworkVersion.TrimStart('vV'))' &lt; '2.1' ">false</OpenApiGenerateDocuments>
+        Condition=" '$(TargetFrameworkIdentifier)' == '.NETCoreApp' AND '$(TargetFrameworkVersion.TrimStart(&quot;vV&quot;))' &lt; '2.1' ">false</OpenApiGenerateDocuments>
     <OpenApiGenerateDocuments Condition=" '$(OpenApiGenerateDocuments)' == '' ">true</OpenApiGenerateDocuments>
   </PropertyGroup>
   <PropertyGroup>
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@
   </ItemGroup>
 
   <Target Name="OpenApiGetDocuments" Returns="@(_OpenApiProjectDocuments)">
-    <Error Text="OpenAPI document generation is disabled. Add '<OpenApiGenerateDocuments>true</OpenApiGenerateDocuments>' to the project."
+    <Error Text="OpenAPI document generation is disabled. Add '&lt;OpenApiGenerateDocuments>true&lt;/OpenApiGenerateDocuments>' to the project."
         Condition=" '$(OpenApiGenerateDocuments)' != 'true' " />
 
     <ReadLinesFromFile File="$(_OpenApiDocumentsCache)">
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@
       Inputs="$(TargetPath)"
       Outputs="$(_OpenApiDocumentsCache)">
     <Error Text="OpenAPI document generation is not supported when targeting netcoreapp2.0 or earlier. Disable the feature or move to a later target framework."
-        Condition=" '$(TargetFrameworkIdentifier)' == '.NETCoreApp' AND '$(TargetFrameworkVersion.TrimStart('vV'))' &lt; '2.1' " />
+        Condition=" '$(TargetFrameworkIdentifier)' == '.NETCoreApp' AND '$(TargetFrameworkVersion.TrimStart(&quot;vV&quot;))' &lt; '2.1' " />
 
     <PropertyGroup>
       <_Command>dotnet "$(MSBuildThisFileDirectory)/../tools/dotnet-getdocument.dll" --assembly "$(TargetPath)"</_Command>