diff --git a/mercurial/templatefilters.py b/mercurial/templatefilters.py
--- a/mercurial/templatefilters.py
+++ b/mercurial/templatefilters.py
@@ -213,6 +213,7 @@ def _uescape(c):
 _escapes = [
     ('\\', '\\\\'), ('"', '\\"'), ('\t', '\\t'), ('\n', '\\n'),
     ('\r', '\\r'), ('\f', '\\f'), ('\b', '\\b'),
+    ('<', '\\u003c'), ('>', '\\u003e')
 ]
 
 def jsonescape(s):