diff --git a/packages/docusaurus-plugin-openapi-docs/src/markdown/createDescription.ts b/packages/docusaurus-plugin-openapi-docs/src/markdown/createDescription.ts
index bbf66af51..5f5c6c3d7 100644
--- a/packages/docusaurus-plugin-openapi-docs/src/markdown/createDescription.ts
+++ b/packages/docusaurus-plugin-openapi-docs/src/markdown/createDescription.ts
@@ -5,13 +5,15 @@
  * LICENSE file in the root directory of this source tree.
  * ========================================================================== */
 
-import { greaterThan, lessThan } from "./utils";
+import { greaterThan, codeFence } from "./utils";
 
 export function createDescription(description: string | undefined) {
   if (!description) {
     return "";
   }
   return `\n\n${description
-    .replace(lessThan, "<")
-    .replace(greaterThan, ">")}\n\n`;
+    .replace(greaterThan, "\\>")
+    .replace(codeFence, function (match) {
+      return match.replace(/\\>/g, ">");
+    })}\n\n`;
 }
diff --git a/packages/docusaurus-plugin-openapi-docs/src/markdown/utils.ts b/packages/docusaurus-plugin-openapi-docs/src/markdown/utils.ts
index 207c24844..35fd03765 100644
--- a/packages/docusaurus-plugin-openapi-docs/src/markdown/utils.ts
+++ b/packages/docusaurus-plugin-openapi-docs/src/markdown/utils.ts
@@ -43,6 +43,7 @@ export function render(children: Children): string {
 
 // Regex to selectively URL-encode '>' and '<' chars
 export const lessThan =
-  /<(?!(=|button|\s?\/button|details|\s?\/details|summary|\s?\/summary|hr|\s?\/hr|br|\s?\/br|span|\s?\/span|strong|\s?\/strong|small|\s?\/small|table|\s?\/table|td|\s?\/td|tr|\s?\/tr|th|\s?\/th|h1|\s?\/h1|h2|\s?\/h2|h3|\s?\/h3|h4|\s?\/h4|h5|\s?\/h5|h6|\s?\/h6|title|\s?\/title|p|\s?\/p|em|\s?\/em|b|\s?\/b|i|\s?\/i|u|\s?\/u|strike|\s?\/strike|a|\s?\/a|li|\s?\/li|ol|\s?\/ol|ul|\s?\/ul|img|\s?\/img|div|\s?\/div|center|\s?\/center))/giu;
+  /<(?!(=|button|\s?\/button|details|\s?\/details|summary|\s?\/summary|hr|\s?\/hr|br|\s?\/br|span|\s?\/span|strong|\s?\/strong|small|\s?\/small|table|\s?\/table|td|\s?\/td|tr|\s?\/tr|th|\s?\/th|h1|\s?\/h1|h2|\s?\/h2|h3|\s?\/h3|h4|\s?\/h4|h5|\s?\/h5|h6|\s?\/h6|title|\s?\/title|p|\s?\/p|em|\s?\/em|b|\s?\/b|i|\s?\/i|u|\s?\/u|strike|\s?\/strike|a|\s?\/a|li|\s?\/li|ol|\s?\/ol|ul|\s?\/ul|img|\s?\/img|div|\s?\/div|center|\s?\/center))/gu;
 export const greaterThan =
-  /(?<!(button|details|summary|hr|br|span|strong|small|table|td|tr|th|h1|h2|h3|h4|h5|h6|title|p|em|b|i|u|strike|a|tag|li|ol|ul|img|div|center|\/|\s|"|'))>?!=/giu;
+  /(?<!(button|details|summary|hr|br|span|strong|small|table|td|tr|th|h1|h2|h3|h4|h5|h6|title|p|em|b|i|u|strike|a|tag|li|ol|ul|img|div|center|\/|\s|"|'))>/gu;
+export const codeFence = /`{1,3}[\s\S]*?`{1,3}/g;