diff --git a/app/views/projects/destroy.html.erb b/app/views/projects/destroy.html.erb
index d4348b040..6bed5212a 100644
--- a/app/views/projects/destroy.html.erb
+++ b/app/views/projects/destroy.html.erb
@@ -4,7 +4,8 @@
 <%=l(:text_project_destroy_confirmation)%>
 
 <% if @project_to_destroy.descendants.any? %>
-<br /><%= l(:text_subprojects_destroy_warning, content_tag('strong', h(@project_to_destroy.descendants.collect{|p| p.to_s}.join(', ')))) %>
+<br /><%= l(:text_subprojects_destroy_warning,
+          content_tag('strong', h(@project_to_destroy.descendants.collect{|p| p.to_s}.join(', ')))).html_safe %>
 <% end %>
 </p>
 <p>
diff --git a/test/functional/projects_controller_test.rb b/test/functional/projects_controller_test.rb
index 299a6e767..fa916b621 100644
--- a/test/functional/projects_controller_test.rb
+++ b/test/functional/projects_controller_test.rb
@@ -412,6 +412,10 @@ class ProjectsControllerTest < ActionController::TestCase
     assert_response :success
     assert_template 'destroy'
     assert_not_nil Project.find_by_id(1)
+    assert_tag :tag => 'strong',
+               :content => ['Private child of eCookbook',
+                            'Child of private child, eCookbook Subproject 1',
+                            'eCookbook Subproject 2'].join(', ')
   end
 
   def test_destroy