diff --git a/mod/choice/mod_form.php b/mod/choice/mod_form.php
index 2a0ae3a05a1..95452b2ba6c 100644
--- a/mod/choice/mod_form.php
+++ b/mod/choice/mod_form.php
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ class mod_choice_mod_form extends moodleform_mod {
         $mform->setType('limit', PARAM_INT);
 
         $repeateloptions['option']['helpbutton'] = array('options', get_string('modulenameplural', 'choice'), 'choice');
-        $mform->setType('option', PARAM_TEXT);
+        $mform->setType('option', PARAM_CLEANHTML);
 
         $mform->setType('optionid', PARAM_INT);
 
@@ -148,4 +148,4 @@ class mod_choice_mod_form extends moodleform_mod {
     }
 
 }
-?>
\ No newline at end of file
+?>