diff --git a/libgimp/gimpprocedure-params.c b/libgimp/gimpprocedure-params.c
index 859d39aaac..80b77c28e9 100644
--- a/libgimp/gimpprocedure-params.c
+++ b/libgimp/gimpprocedure-params.c
@@ -25,11 +25,29 @@
 
 #include "gimp.h"
 
+#include "libgimpbase/gimpversion-private.h"
+
 #include "gimpprocedure-params.h"
 
 #include "libgimp-intl.h"
 
 
+/* It looks like for some generated widgets, we consider the nick or
+ * blurb as Pangom markup, and in others, not. We should be consistent
+ * and properly document our choice in function docs. The question is
+ * basically: do we want to allow text styling for generated widgets?
+ *
+ * - If yes, it is up to plug-in developers to make sure they don't
+ *   break markup, and for us to filter out any markup when needed.
+ * - If no, we will have to use markup variants for setting labels and
+ *   tooltips, and run g_markup_escape_text() when we need to integrate
+ *   the text into larger markup contents.
+ *
+ * For GIMP 3, let's stick to the statement that nick and blurb is
+ * normal (non-markup) text and review in GIMP 4.
+ */
+GIMP_WARNING_API_BREAK("Should nick and/or blurb be in Pango markup?")
+
 /**
  * gimp_procedure_add_boolean_argument:
  * @procedure:   the #GimpProcedure.
diff --git a/libgimp/gimpprocview.c b/libgimp/gimpprocview.c
index d3c3b48b3e..fec30ecabe 100644
--- a/libgimp/gimpprocview.c
+++ b/libgimp/gimpprocview.c
@@ -365,7 +365,6 @@ gimp_proc_view_create_args (GimpProcedure *procedure,
 
       /* description */
       label = gtk_label_new (blurb);
-      gtk_label_set_use_markup (GTK_LABEL (label), TRUE);
       gtk_label_set_selectable (GTK_LABEL (label), TRUE);
       gtk_label_set_xalign (GTK_LABEL (label), 0.0);
       gtk_label_set_yalign (GTK_LABEL (label), 0.0);