--- taxonomy_menu.module.orig	2010-07-14 07:33:20.000000000 -0600
+++ taxonomy_menu.module	2010-07-15 16:17:13.000000000 -0600
@@ -572,7 +572,7 @@ function _taxonomy_menu_save($item) {
   if (!variable_get('taxonomy_menu_blank_title_'. $item['vid'], FALSE)) {
     $link['options']['attributes']['title'] =
       strlen(trim($item['description']))>0 ?
-      check_plain(strip_tags($item['description'])) :
+      strip_tags(html_entity_decode($item['description'])) :
       check_plain(strip_tags($item['name']));
   }