diff --git a/addons/web_editor/static/src/js/editor/snippets.options.js b/addons/web_editor/static/src/js/editor/snippets.options.js
index f04d2d3334c..09abf34ffa5 100644
--- a/addons/web_editor/static/src/js/editor/snippets.options.js
+++ b/addons/web_editor/static/src/js/editor/snippets.options.js
@@ -4721,7 +4721,7 @@ registry.many2one = SnippetOptionWidget.extend({
                     });
                 });
         } else {
-            self.$target.html($li.data('name'));
+            self.$target.text($li.data('name'));
         }
 
         this._clear();