diff --git a/doc/global/htmltabs.qdocconf b/doc/global/htmltabs.qdocconf
index f8fa075bd8c..e4ba0ee4ab2 100644
--- a/doc/global/htmltabs.qdocconf
+++ b/doc/global/htmltabs.qdocconf
@@ -38,12 +38,12 @@
 #   \endtabcontent
 # \endif
 
-macro.tab.HTML = "<input type=\"radio\" name=\"tabs_\1\" id=\"\2\" \4/><label for=\"\2\">\3</label>\n<style>#\2:checked ~ .\2{display: block;}</style>\n"
-macro.tabcontent = "\\div {class=\"tabcontent \1\"}"
-macro.endtabcontent = "\\enddiv"
+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\">\n"
+macro.endtabcontent.HTML = "</div>\n"
 
 macro.tab.DocBook = "<db:bridgehead xml:id="\2" renderas="sect5" role="tabbed \4 tab-group_\1" xlink:href="#\2_contents">\3</db:bridgehead>"
-macro.tabcontent.DocBook = "<db:sidebar xml:id="\2_contents">"
+macro.tabcontent.DocBook = "<db:sidebar xml:id="\1_contents">"
 macro.endtabcontent.DocBook = "</db:sidebar>"
 
 HTML.extraimages += template/style/htmltabs.css