diff --git a/openstackdocstheme/theme/openstackdocs/layout.html b/openstackdocstheme/theme/openstackdocs/layout.html
index e7177e6b..e5e2947c 100644
--- a/openstackdocstheme/theme/openstackdocs/layout.html
+++ b/openstackdocstheme/theme/openstackdocs/layout.html
@@ -64,10 +64,10 @@ ga('send', 'pageview');
           </div>
           <div class="docs-actions">
           {% if prev %}
-            <a href="{{ prev.link|e }}"><i class="fa fa-angle-double-left" data-toggle="tooltip" data-placement="top" title="Previous: {{ prev.title }}"></i></a>
+            <a href="{{ prev.link|e }}"><i class="fa fa-angle-double-left" data-toggle="tooltip" data-placement="top" title="Previous: {{ prev.title|striptags }}"></i></a>
           {% endif %}
           {% if next %}
-            <a href="{{ next.link|e }}"><i class="fa fa-angle-double-right" data-toggle="tooltip" data-placement="top" title="Next: {{ next.title }}"></i></a>
+            <a href="{{ next.link|e }}"><i class="fa fa-angle-double-right" data-toggle="tooltip" data-placement="top" title="Next: {{ next.title|striptags }}"></i></a>
           {% endif %}
           {%- if bug_project %}
             <a id="logABugLink3" href="" target="_blank" title="Found an error? Report a bug against this page"><i class="fa fa-bug" data-toggle="tooltip" data-placement="top" title="Report a Bug"></i></a>
diff --git a/openstackdocstheme/theme/openstackdocs/titlerow.html b/openstackdocstheme/theme/openstackdocs/titlerow.html
index 9549f61e..be18e117 100644
--- a/openstackdocstheme/theme/openstackdocs/titlerow.html
+++ b/openstackdocstheme/theme/openstackdocs/titlerow.html
@@ -8,10 +8,10 @@
   </div>
   <div class="docs-actions">
     {% if prev %}
-    <a href="{{ prev.link|e }}"><i class="fa fa-angle-double-left" data-toggle="tooltip" data-placement="top" title="Previous: {{ prev.title }}"></i></a>
+    <a href="{{ prev.link|e }}"><i class="fa fa-angle-double-left" data-toggle="tooltip" data-placement="top" title="Previous: {{ prev.title|striptags }}"></i></a>
     {% endif %}
     {% if next %}
-    <a href="{{ next.link|e }}"><i class="fa fa-angle-double-right" data-toggle="tooltip" data-placement="top" title="Next: {{ next.title }}"></i></a>
+    <a href="{{ next.link|e }}"><i class="fa fa-angle-double-right" data-toggle="tooltip" data-placement="top" title="Next: {{ next.title|striptags }}"></i></a>
     {% endif %}
     {%- if bug_project %}
     <a id="logABugLink1" href="" target="_blank" title="Found an error? Report a bug against this page"><i class="fa fa-bug" data-toggle="tooltip" data-placement="top" title="Report a Bug"></i></a>
diff --git a/releasenotes/notes/strip-html-tags-from-navigation-titles-929c92a339413015.yaml b/releasenotes/notes/strip-html-tags-from-navigation-titles-929c92a339413015.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..7bc9eb02
--- /dev/null
+++ b/releasenotes/notes/strip-html-tags-from-navigation-titles-929c92a339413015.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+fixes:
+  - |
+    The navigation links now correctly strip HTML from titles, allowing for
+    use of markup like literal backticks in titles.