diff --git a/mercurial/templates/paper/changeset.tmpl b/mercurial/templates/paper/changeset.tmpl
--- a/mercurial/templates/paper/changeset.tmpl
+++ b/mercurial/templates/paper/changeset.tmpl
@@ -66,9 +66,9 @@ files, or words in the commit message</d
   <th class="diffstat">diffstat</th>
   <td class="diffstat">
     {diffsummary}
-    <a id="diffstatexpand" href="javascript:showDiffstat()"/>[+]</a>
+    <a id="diffstatexpand" href="javascript:showDiffstat()"/>[<tt>+</tt>]</a>
     <div id="diffstatdetails" style="display:none;">
-      <a href="javascript:hideDiffstat()"/>[-]</a>
+      <a href="javascript:hideDiffstat()"/>[<tt>-</tt>]</a>
       <p>
       <table>{diffstat}</table>
     </div>
diff --git a/tests/test-hgweb-commands.t b/tests/test-hgweb-commands.t
--- a/tests/test-hgweb-commands.t
+++ b/tests/test-hgweb-commands.t
@@ -357,9 +357,9 @@ Logs and changes
     <td class="diffstat">
        2 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)
   
-      <a id="diffstatexpand" href="javascript:showDiffstat()"/>[+]</a>
+      <a id="diffstatexpand" href="javascript:showDiffstat()"/>[<tt>+</tt>]</a>
       <div id="diffstatdetails" style="display:none;">
-        <a href="javascript:hideDiffstat()"/>[-]</a>
+        <a href="javascript:hideDiffstat()"/>[<tt>-</tt>]</a>
         <p>
         <table>  <tr class="parity0">
       <td class="diffstat-file"><a href="#l1.1">da/foo</a></td>
diff --git a/tests/test-hgweb-diffs.t b/tests/test-hgweb-diffs.t
--- a/tests/test-hgweb-diffs.t
+++ b/tests/test-hgweb-diffs.t
@@ -99,9 +99,9 @@ revision
     <td class="diffstat">
        2 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)
   
-      <a id="diffstatexpand" href="javascript:showDiffstat()"/>[+]</a>
+      <a id="diffstatexpand" href="javascript:showDiffstat()"/>[<tt>+</tt>]</a>
       <div id="diffstatdetails" style="display:none;">
-        <a href="javascript:hideDiffstat()"/>[-]</a>
+        <a href="javascript:hideDiffstat()"/>[<tt>-</tt>]</a>
         <p>
         <table>  <tr class="parity0">
       <td class="diffstat-file"><a href="#l1.1">a</a></td>
@@ -359,9 +359,9 @@ revision
     <td class="diffstat">
        2 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)
   
-      <a id="diffstatexpand" href="javascript:showDiffstat()"/>[+]</a>
+      <a id="diffstatexpand" href="javascript:showDiffstat()"/>[<tt>+</tt>]</a>
       <div id="diffstatdetails" style="display:none;">
-        <a href="javascript:hideDiffstat()"/>[-]</a>
+        <a href="javascript:hideDiffstat()"/>[<tt>-</tt>]</a>
         <p>
         <table>  <tr class="parity0">
       <td class="diffstat-file"><a href="#l1.1">a</a></td>
diff --git a/tests/test-hgweb-removed.t b/tests/test-hgweb-removed.t
--- a/tests/test-hgweb-removed.t
+++ b/tests/test-hgweb-removed.t
@@ -94,9 +94,9 @@ revision
     <td class="diffstat">
        1 files changed, 0 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-)
   
-      <a id="diffstatexpand" href="javascript:showDiffstat()"/>[+]</a>
+      <a id="diffstatexpand" href="javascript:showDiffstat()"/>[<tt>+</tt>]</a>
       <div id="diffstatdetails" style="display:none;">
-        <a href="javascript:hideDiffstat()"/>[-]</a>
+        <a href="javascript:hideDiffstat()"/>[<tt>-</tt>]</a>
         <p>
         <table>  <tr class="parity0">
       <td class="diffstat-file"><a href="#l1.1">a</a></td>