diff --git a/src/html/helpdata.cpp b/src/html/helpdata.cpp
index 4ca2b32192..76e7264ae8 100644
--- a/src/html/helpdata.cpp
+++ b/src/html/helpdata.cpp
@@ -262,7 +262,7 @@ bool HP_TagHandler::HandleTag(const wxHtmlTag& tag)
                 ESCSEQ("Uuml", "\334"/* Ü */),
     
                 ESCSEQ("szlig", "\247"/* § */),
-                ESCSEQ("agrave","à"),
+                ESCSEQ("agrave","\340"/* à */),
                 ESCSEQ("aacute", "\341"/* á */),
                 ESCSEQ("acirc", "\342"/* â */),
                 ESCSEQ("atilde", "\343"/* ã */),
diff --git a/src/html/htmlcell.cpp b/src/html/htmlcell.cpp
index fdbdbada98..daab625a4c 100644
--- a/src/html/htmlcell.cpp
+++ b/src/html/htmlcell.cpp
@@ -234,7 +234,7 @@ wxHtmlWordCell::wxHtmlWordCell(const wxString& word, wxDC& dc) : wxHtmlCell()
                 ESCSEQ("Uuml", "\334"/* Ü */),
     
                 ESCSEQ("szlig", "\247"/* § */),
-                ESCSEQ("agrave","à"),
+                ESCSEQ("agrave","\340"/* à */),
                 ESCSEQ("aacute", "\341"/* á */),
                 ESCSEQ("acirc", "\342"/* â */),
                 ESCSEQ("atilde", "\343"/* ã */),