diff --git a/FancyCaptcha/FancyCaptcha.class.php b/FancyCaptcha/FancyCaptcha.class.php
index 0de148c29..64c15ad4c 100755
--- a/FancyCaptcha/FancyCaptcha.class.php
+++ b/FancyCaptcha/FancyCaptcha.class.php
@@ -143,9 +143,10 @@ class FancyCaptcha extends SimpleCaptcha {
 				)
 			); // tab in before the edit textarea
 			if ( $this->action == 'usercreate' ) {
-				$form .= HTML::element( 'small',array(
+				// use raw element, because the message can contain links or some other html
+				$form .= HTML::rawelement( 'small',array(
 						'class' => 'mw-createacct-captcha-assisted'
-					), wfMessage( 'createacct-imgcaptcha-help' )
+					), wfMessage( 'createacct-imgcaptcha-help' )->parse()
 				);
 			}
 			$form .= Html::element( 'input', array(