diff --git a/reference/strings/functions/htmlspecialchars.xml b/reference/strings/functions/htmlspecialchars.xml
index 4bd6fca8e7..46aeb72a51 100644
--- a/reference/strings/functions/htmlspecialchars.xml
+++ b/reference/strings/functions/htmlspecialchars.xml
@@ -34,8 +34,8 @@
    You may have to use <function>mb_encode_numericentity</function> instead.
   </para>
   <para>
-   The translations performed are:
-   <informaltable>
+   <table>
+    <title>Performed translations</title>
     <tgroup cols="2">
      <thead>
       <row>
@@ -45,33 +45,33 @@
      </thead>
      <tbody>
       <row>
-       <entry>'&amp;' (ampersand)</entry>
-       <entry>'&amp;amp;'</entry>
+       <entry><literal>&amp;</literal> (ampersand)</entry>
+       <entry><literal>&amp;amp;</literal></entry>
       </row>
       <row>
-       <entry>'&quot;' (double quote)</entry>
-       <entry>'&amp;quot;' when <constant>ENT_NOQUOTES</constant></entry>
+       <entry><literal>&quot;</literal> (double quote)</entry>
+       <entry><literal>&amp;quot;</literal> when <constant>ENT_NOQUOTES</constant></entry>
       </row>
       <row>
-       <entry>&quot;&#039;&quot; (single quote)</entry>
+       <entry><literal>&#039;</literal> (single quote)</entry>
        <entry>
-        '&amp;#039;' (for <constant>ENT_HTML401</constant>) or &amp;apos; (for
+        <literal>&amp;#039;</literal> (for <constant>ENT_HTML401</constant>) or <literal>&amp;apos;</literal> (for
         <constant>ENT_XML1</constant>, <constant>ENT_XHTML</constant> or
         <constant>ENT_HTML5</constant>), but only when
         <constant>ENT_QUOTES</constant> is set
        </entry>
       </row>
       <row>
-       <entry>'&lt;' (less than)</entry>
-       <entry>'&amp;lt;'</entry>
+       <entry><literal>&lt;</literal> (less than)</entry>
+       <entry><literal>&amp;lt;</literal></entry>
       </row>
       <row>
-       <entry>'&gt;' (greater than)</entry>
-       <entry>'&amp;gt;'</entry>
+       <entry><literal>&gt;</literal> (greater than)</entry>
+       <entry><literal>&amp;gt;</literal></entry>
       </row>
      </tbody>
     </tgroup>
-   </informaltable>
+   </table>
   </para>
  </refsect1>