diff --git a/include/items.php b/include/items.php
index 2ac494ba27..eff1366899 100644
--- a/include/items.php
+++ b/include/items.php
@@ -4402,7 +4402,7 @@ function atom_author($tag,$name,$uri,$h,$w,$photo,$geo) {
$o .= "\t".xmlify($r[0]["nick"])."\r\n";
$o .= "\t".xmlify($r[0]["name"])."\r\n";
- $o .= "\t".xmlify($r[0]["about"])."\r\n";
+ $o .= "\t".xmlify(bbcode($r[0]["about"]))."\r\n";
$o .= "\t\r\n";
$o .= "\t\t".xmlify($location)."\r\n";
$o .= "\t\r\n";