2 files changed, 6 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;")
-