diff --git a/modules/taxonomy/taxonomy-term.tpl.php b/modules/taxonomy/taxonomy-term.tpl.php
index a225c3a..eebdb7a 100644
--- a/modules/taxonomy/taxonomy-term.tpl.php
+++ b/modules/taxonomy/taxonomy-term.tpl.php
@@ -5,8 +5,7 @@
  * Default theme implementation to display a term.
  *
  * Available variables:
- * - $name: (deprecated) The unsanitized name of the term. Use $term_name
- *   instead.
+ * - $name: (deprecated) The name of the term. Use $term_name instead.
  * - $content: An array of items for the content of the term (fields and
  *   description). Use render($content) to print them all, or print a subset
  *   such as render($content['field_example']). Use
diff --git a/modules/taxonomy/taxonomy.module b/modules/taxonomy/taxonomy.module
index 9be7dfc..28b365c 100644
--- a/modules/taxonomy/taxonomy.module
+++ b/modules/taxonomy/taxonomy.module
@@ -908,6 +908,9 @@ function template_preprocess_taxonomy_term(&$variables) {
   // Flatten the term object's member fields.
   $variables = array_merge((array) $term, $variables);
 
+  // Make sure the $name variable is sanitized (like $term_name already is).
+  $variables['name'] = $variables['term_name'];
+
   // Helpful $content variable for templates.
   $variables['content'] = array();
   foreach (element_children($variables['elements']) as $key) {