diff --git a/dev/eclipse_settings/codetemplates.xml b/dev/eclipse_settings/codetemplates.xml
index 06a1627dd..06f5d188a 100644
--- a/dev/eclipse_settings/codetemplates.xml
+++ b/dev/eclipse_settings/codetemplates.xml
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@
  * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
  * limitations under the License.
  */</template><template autoinsert="false" context="typecomment_context" deleted="false" description="Comment for created types" enabled="true" id="org.eclipse.jdt.ui.text.codetemplates.typecomment" name="typecomment">/**
- * @author ${name:git_config(user.name)} &lt;${email:git_config(user.email)}&gt;
+ * @author ${name:git_config(user.name)} &amp;lt;${email:git_config(user.email)}&amp;gt;
  *
  * ${tags}
  */</template><template autoinsert="true" context="fieldcomment_context" deleted="false" description="Comment for fields" enabled="true" id="org.eclipse.jdt.ui.text.codetemplates.fieldcomment" name="fieldcomment">/**