diff -r 3d9218457b62 -r 2adc8623dd89 src/main/webapp/WEB-INF/jsp/issue-view.jsp
--- a/src/main/webapp/WEB-INF/jsp/issue-view.jsp	Wed Nov 25 11:17:39 2020 +0100
+++ b/src/main/webapp/WEB-INF/jsp/issue-view.jsp	Sat Dec 05 13:05:00 2020 +0100
@@ -97,7 +97,9 @@
     <tr>
         <th class="vtop"><fmt:message key="issue.description"/></th>
         <td>
-            <textarea readonly rows="10"><c:out value="${issue.description}"/></textarea>
+            <div class="markdown-styled">
+            ${issue.description}
+            </div>
         </td>
     </tr>
     <tr>
@@ -183,8 +185,8 @@
                     <!-- TODO: update count -->
                 </c:if>
             </div>
-            <div class="medskip">
-                <c:out value="${comment.comment}"/>
+            <div class="medskip markdown-styled">
+                ${comment.comment}
             </div>
         </div>
     </c:forEach>