diff --git a/gnucash/gtkbuilder/assistant-csv-trans-import.glade b/gnucash/gtkbuilder/assistant-csv-trans-import.glade
index 656cf524fb3..fccb4b1f1bb 100644
--- a/gnucash/gtkbuilder/assistant-csv-trans-import.glade
+++ b/gnucash/gtkbuilder/assistant-csv-trans-import.glade
@@ -1071,13 +1071,13 @@ For example
             <property name="margin-end">12</property>
             <property name="label" translatable="yes">If you click "Next" Gnucash will perform a number of checks.
 
-If one of those &lt;i&gt;checks fails&lt;/i&gt; you'll be automatically redirected to the preview page to try and correct.
+If one of those "checks fails" you'll be automatically redirected to the preview page to try and correct.
 
 On the following page you will be able to associate each transaction to a category.
 
-If this is your &lt;i&gt;initial import into a new file&lt;/i&gt;, you will first see a dialog for setting book options, since these can affect how imported data are converted to GnuCash transactions. If this is an existing file, the dialog will not be shown.
+If this is your "initial import into a new file", you will first see a dialog for setting book options, since these can affect how imported data are converted to GnuCash transactions. If this is an existing file, the dialog will not be shown.
 
-If this is the &lt;i&gt;first time importing&lt;/i&gt;, you will find that all lines may need to be associated. On subsequent imports, the importer will try to associate the transactions based on previous imports.
+If this is the "first time importing", you will find that all lines may need to be associated. On subsequent imports, the importer will try to associate the transactions based on previous imports.
 
 The confidence of a correct association is displayed as a colored bar.
 
diff --git a/gnucash/gtkbuilder/dialog-new-user.glade b/gnucash/gtkbuilder/dialog-new-user.glade
index 6223b34e2ae..7c0e8c15228 100644
--- a/gnucash/gtkbuilder/dialog-new-user.glade
+++ b/gnucash/gtkbuilder/dialog-new-user.glade
@@ -101,7 +101,7 @@
                 <property name="can-focus">False</property>
                 <property name="halign">start</property>
                 <property name="valign">start</property>
-                <property name="label" translatable="yes">If you press the &lt;i&gt;Yes&lt;/i&gt; button, the &lt;i&gt;Welcome to GnuCash&lt;/i&gt; dialog will be displayed again next time you start GnuCash. If you press the &lt;i&gt;No&lt;/i&gt; button, it will not be displayed again.</property>
+                <property name="label" translatable="yes">If you press the "Yes" button, the "Welcome to GnuCash" dialog will be displayed again next time you start GnuCash. If you press the "No" button, it will not be displayed again.</property>
                 <property name="use-markup">True</property>
                 <property name="wrap">True</property>
                 <property name="width-chars">40</property>
@@ -233,7 +233,7 @@
                   <object class="GtkLabel" id="label3">
                     <property name="visible">True</property>
                     <property name="can-focus">False</property>
-                    <property name="label" translatable="yes">There are some predefined actions available that most new users prefer to get started with GnuCash. Select one of these actions from below and click the &lt;i&gt;OK&lt;/i&gt; button or press the &lt;i&gt;Cancel&lt;/i&gt; button if you don't want to perform any of them.</property>
+                    <property name="label" translatable="yes">There are some predefined actions available that most new users prefer to get started with GnuCash. Select one of these actions from below and click the "OK" button or press the "Cancel" button if you don't want to perform any of them.</property>
                     <property name="use-markup">True</property>
                     <property name="wrap">True</property>
                     <property name="width-chars">50</property>