5 files changed, 37 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/src/Java/JavaDocumentationBuilder.kt b/src/Java/JavaDocumentationBuilder.kt
index 8a5d8fb9..055d64d3 100644
--- a/src/Java/JavaDocumentationBuilder.kt
+++ b/src/Java/JavaDocumentationBuilder.kt
@@ -128,6 +128,12 @@ public class JavaDocumentationBuilder(private val options: DocumentationOptions,
                 valueElement!!.getText()
             }
         }
+        "code", "literal" -> {
+            val text = StringBuilder()
+            tag.getDataElements().forEach { text.append(it.getText()) }
+            val escaped = text.toString().trimLeading().htmlEscape()
+            if (tag.getName() == "code") "<code>$escaped</code>" else escaped
+        }
         else -> tag.getText()
     }
 
diff --git a/src/Utilities/Html.kt b/src/Utilities/Html.kt
index 9630c8cb..ce3a1982 100644
--- a/src/Utilities/Html.kt
+++ b/src/Utilities/Html.kt
@@ -6,4 +6,3 @@ package org.jetbrains.dokka
  * Replaces & with &amp;, < with &lt; and > with &gt;
  */
 public fun String.htmlEscape(): String = replace("&", "&amp;").replace("<", "&lt;").replace(">", "&gt;")
-
diff --git a/test/data/format/javaCodeLiteralTags.java b/test/data/format/javaCodeLiteralTags.java
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..cf071f07
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/data/format/javaCodeLiteralTags.java
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+package test;
+
+/**
+ * <p>{@code A<B>C}</p>
+ * <p>{@literal A<B>C}</p>
+ */
+class C {
+}
diff --git a/test/data/format/javaCodeLiteralTags.md b/test/data/format/javaCodeLiteralTags.md
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..17438bff
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/data/format/javaCodeLiteralTags.md
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+[test](test/index) / [test](test/test/index) / [C](test/test/-c)
+
+
+# C
+
+`open class C`
+
+
+`A&lt;B&gt;C`
+
+ 
+A&lt;B&gt;C
+
+ 
+
+
+
diff --git a/test/src/format/MarkdownFormatTest.kt b/test/src/format/MarkdownFormatTest.kt
index 7253ddb4..2ee4fa46 100644
--- a/test/src/format/MarkdownFormatTest.kt
+++ b/test/src/format/MarkdownFormatTest.kt
@@ -124,4 +124,10 @@ public class MarkdownFormatTest {
             markdownService.appendNodes(tempLocation, output, model.members.single().members)
         }
     }
+
+    Test fun javaCodeLiteralTags() {
+        verifyOutput("test/data/format/javaCodeLiteralTags.java", ".md") { model, output ->
+            markdownService.appendNodes(tempLocation, output, model.members.single().members)
+        }
+    }
 }