diff -r 937aa020c667 -r bd51ca92c013 src/share/classes/com/sun/tools/doclets/internal/toolkit/taglets/ValueTaglet.java
--- a/src/share/classes/com/sun/tools/doclets/internal/toolkit/taglets/ValueTaglet.java	Tue May 14 10:14:55 2013 -0700
+++ b/src/share/classes/com/sun/tools/doclets/internal/toolkit/taglets/ValueTaglet.java	Tue May 14 10:14:55 2013 -0700
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright (c) 2001, 2012, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.
+ * Copyright (c) 2001, 2013, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.
  * DO NOT ALTER OR REMOVE COPYRIGHT NOTICES OR THIS FILE HEADER.
  *
  * This code is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@
 import java.util.*;
 
 import com.sun.javadoc.*;
+import com.sun.tools.doclets.formats.html.markup.StringContent;
 import com.sun.tools.doclets.internal.toolkit.Configuration;
 import com.sun.tools.doclets.internal.toolkit.util.*;
 
@@ -169,7 +170,7 @@
                 "doclet.value_tag_invalid_reference", tag.text());
         } else if (field.constantValue() != null) {
             return writer.valueTagOutput(field,
-                Util.escapeHtmlChars(field.constantValueExpression()),
+                field.constantValueExpression(),
                 ! field.equals(tag.holder()));
         } else {
             //Referenced field is not a constant.