diff --git a/frappe/public/js/frappe/form/controls/base_input.js b/frappe/public/js/frappe/form/controls/base_input.js
index 745ab5f620..057caa1165 100644
--- a/frappe/public/js/frappe/form/controls/base_input.js
+++ b/frappe/public/js/frappe/form/controls/base_input.js
@@ -158,6 +158,7 @@ frappe.ui.form.ControlInput = class ControlInput extends frappe.ui.form.Control
 	}
 
 	set_disp_area(value) {
+		let is_val_html = frappe.utils.is_html(value);
 		if (
 			["Currency", "Int", "Float"].includes(this.df.fieldtype) &&
 			(this.value === 0 || value === 0)
@@ -178,7 +179,9 @@ frappe.ui.form.ControlInput = class ControlInput extends frappe.ui.form.Control
 		let display_value = frappe.format(value, this.df, { no_icon: true, inline: true }, doc);
 		// This is used to display formatted output AND showing values in read only fields
 		if (this.disp_area) {
-			$(this.disp_area).html(display_value);
+			$(this.disp_area).html(
+				is_val_html ? frappe.utils.html2text(display_value) : display_value
+			);
 			// Apply alignment only for supported fields
 			if (
 				this.df.alignment &&
diff --git a/frappe/public/js/frappe/form/controls/link.js b/frappe/public/js/frappe/form/controls/link.js
index 3bef4b1e42..4eb237f960 100644
--- a/frappe/public/js/frappe/form/controls/link.js
+++ b/frappe/public/js/frappe/form/controls/link.js
@@ -242,7 +242,7 @@ frappe.ui.form.ControlLink = class ControlLink extends frappe.ui.form.ControlDat
 				) {
 					html +=
 						'<br><span class="small">' +
-						__(frappe.utils.escape_html(d.description)) +
+						__(frappe.utils.escape_html(frappe.utils.html2text(d.description))) +
 						"</span>";
 				}
 				return $(`<div role="option">`)