diff --git a/changes/src/plugin-resources/changes.jsl b/changes/src/plugin-resources/changes.jsl
index 27506d35..b10776c6 100644
--- a/changes/src/plugin-resources/changes.jsl
+++ b/changes/src/plugin-resources/changes.jsl
@@ -134,8 +134,7 @@
               <jsl:applyTemplates select="description"/>
             </x:if>
             <x:if select="not($currentAction/description)">
-              <x:set var="text" select="string(.)"/>
-              ${text}
+              <jsl:applyTemplates trim="false"/>
             </x:if>
 
             <j:useBean var="finder" class="org.apache.maven.changes.IssueFinder"/>