diff --git a/src/Orchard.Web/Core/Shapes/CoreShapes.cs b/src/Orchard.Web/Core/Shapes/CoreShapes.cs
index f0c88e02d..be95189eb 100644
--- a/src/Orchard.Web/Core/Shapes/CoreShapes.cs
+++ b/src/Orchard.Web/Core/Shapes/CoreShapes.cs
@@ -456,10 +456,10 @@ namespace Orchard.Core.Shapes {
     
             var totalPageCount = pageSize > 0 ? (int)Math.Ceiling(TotalItemCount / pageSize) : 1;
 
-            var firstText = FirstText ?? T("<<");
-            var previousText = PreviousText ?? T("<");
-            var nextText = NextText ?? T(">");
-            var lastText = LastText ?? T(">>");
+            var firstText = FirstText ?? T("&lt;&lt;");
+            var previousText = PreviousText ?? T("&lt;");
+            var nextText = NextText ?? T("&gt;");
+            var lastText = LastText ?? T("&gt;&gt;");
             var gapText = GapText ?? T("...");
 
             var routeData = new RouteValueDictionary(Html.ViewContext.RouteData.Values);
diff --git a/src/Orchard.Web/Themes/TheAdmin/Views/Pager.cshtml b/src/Orchard.Web/Themes/TheAdmin/Views/Pager.cshtml
index bc1d36db7..4a014ee95 100644
--- a/src/Orchard.Web/Themes/TheAdmin/Views/Pager.cshtml
+++ b/src/Orchard.Web/Themes/TheAdmin/Views/Pager.cshtml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 @{
-    Model.PreviousText = T("<");
-    Model.NextText = T(">");
+    Model.PreviousText = T("&lt;");
+    Model.NextText = T("&gt;");
 
     var routeData = new RouteValueDictionary(ViewContext.RouteData.Values);
     var queryString = ViewContext.HttpContext.Request.QueryString;