diff --git a/common/lib/xmodule/xmodule/backcompat_module.py b/common/lib/xmodule/xmodule/backcompat_module.py
index cb9314f90e..3f86df9426 100644
--- a/common/lib/xmodule/xmodule/backcompat_module.py
+++ b/common/lib/xmodule/xmodule/backcompat_module.py
@@ -9,6 +9,8 @@ from functools import wraps
from lxml import etree
+from openedx.core.djangolib.markup import Text
+
from .x_module import XModuleDescriptor
log = logging.getLogger(__name__)
@@ -74,8 +76,8 @@ class SemanticSectionDescriptor(XModuleDescriptor):
the child element
"""
xml_object = etree.fromstring(xml_data)
- system.error_tracker("WARNING: the <{0}> tag is deprecated. Please do not use in new content."
- .format(xml_object.tag))
+ system.error_tracker(Text("WARNING: the <{tag}> tag is deprecated. Please do not use in new content.")
+ .format(tag=xml_object.tag))
if len(xml_object) == 1:
for (key, val) in xml_object.items():
@@ -98,8 +100,8 @@ class TranslateCustomTagDescriptor(XModuleDescriptor):
"""
xml_object = etree.fromstring(xml_data)
- system.error_tracker('WARNING: the <{tag}> tag is deprecated. '
- 'Instead, use