diff -r c0087d48ec3a -r f5db3092790f mercurial/templates/gitweb/help.tmpl
--- a/mercurial/templates/gitweb/help.tmpl	Sat Feb 09 21:51:21 2013 +0000
+++ b/mercurial/templates/gitweb/help.tmpl	Sat Feb 09 21:51:21 2013 +0000
@@ -27,8 +27,8 @@
 
 <div class="title">&nbsp;</div>
 
-<pre>
-{doc|escape}
-</pre>
+<div id="doc">
+{rstdoc(doc, "html")}
+</div>
 
 {footer}