diff --git a/commands/pull_request_tpl.go b/commands/pull_request_tpl.go
index a55b9d9f0a58ff2802a31fe81f16cff42906e6db..87d1951ee7365193c7d46c0932459a4f0f53da99 100644
--- a/commands/pull_request_tpl.go
+++ b/commands/pull_request_tpl.go
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ package commands
 import (
 	"bytes"
 	"fmt"
-	"html/template"
+	"text/template"
 	"regexp"
 	"strings"
 )
diff --git a/features/pull_request.feature b/features/pull_request.feature
index ec4deb854529ddc43afab564267d3776d16c663b..61a2f0770bc78a4fc5712c566d3b08d03a4beba6 100644
--- a/features/pull_request.feature
+++ b/features/pull_request.feature
@@ -77,14 +77,14 @@ Feature: hub pull-request
       """
       post('/repos/mislav/coral/pulls') {
         halt 400 if request.content_charset != 'utf-8'
-        assert :title => 'This is somewhat of a longish title that does not get wrapped and references #1234',
+        assert :title => 'This is somewhat of a longish title that does not get wrapped & references #1234',
                :body => nil
         json :html_url => "the://url"
       }
       """
     Given I am on the "master" branch pushed to "origin/master"
     When I successfully run `git checkout --quiet -b topic`
-    Given I make a commit with message "This is somewhat of a longish title that does not get wrapped and references #1234"
+    Given I make a commit with message "This is somewhat of a longish title that does not get wrapped & references #1234"
     And the "topic" branch is pushed to "origin/topic"
     When I successfully run `hub pull-request`
     Then the output should contain exactly "the://url\n"