diff --git a/doc/global/htmltabs.qdocconf b/doc/global/htmltabs.qdocconf
index 164c71e9f07..3a41a64d220 100644
--- a/doc/global/htmltabs.qdocconf
+++ b/doc/global/htmltabs.qdocconf
@@ -38,8 +38,8 @@
 # \endif
 
 macro.tab.HTML = "<input type=\"radio\" name=\"tabs_\1\" id=\"\2\" \4/><label for=\"\2\">\3</label><style>#\2:checked ~ .\2{display: block;}</style>"
-macro.tabcontent.HTML = "<div class=\"tabcontent \1\">"
-macro.endtabcontent.HTML = "</div>"
+macro.tabcontent = "\\div {class=\"tabcontent \1\"}"
+macro.endtabcontent = "\\enddiv"
 
 HTML.extraimages += template/style/htmltabs.css