diff --git a/wp-admin/includes/class-wp-comments-list-table.php b/wp-admin/includes/class-wp-comments-list-table.php
index 6ecccf637b..948898fd7a 100644
--- a/wp-admin/includes/class-wp-comments-list-table.php
+++ b/wp-admin/includes/class-wp-comments-list-table.php
@@ -917,8 +917,8 @@ class WP_Comments_List_Table extends WP_List_Table {
 			?>
 		<div id="inline-<?php echo $comment->comment_ID; ?>" class="hidden">
 			<textarea class="comment" rows="1" cols="1"><?php echo esc_textarea( $comment_content ); ?></textarea>
-			<div class="author-email"><?php echo esc_attr( $comment->comment_author_email ); ?></div>
-			<div class="author"><?php echo esc_attr( $comment->comment_author ); ?></div>
+			<div class="author-email"><?php echo esc_html( $comment->comment_author_email ); ?></div>
+			<div class="author"><?php echo esc_html( $comment->comment_author ); ?></div>
 			<div class="author-url"><?php echo esc_url( $comment->comment_author_url ); ?></div>
 			<div class="comment_status"><?php echo $comment->comment_approved; ?></div>
 		</div>