diff --git a/layouts/_default/list.rss.xml b/layouts/_default/list.rss.xml
index 320f2e24..bdba64aa 100644
--- a/layouts/_default/list.rss.xml
+++ b/layouts/_default/list.rss.xml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {{ $page := . }}
 
-{{ $copyright := site.Copyright }}
+{{ $copyright := site.Copyright | markdownify | plainify | htmlUnescape }}
 {{ $description := or $page.Description "Recent content" }}
 {{ $feed := ($page.OutputFormats.Get "rss").Permalink }}
 {{ $format := "Mon, 02 Jan 2006 15:04:05 MST" }}