diff --git a/src/Symfony/Component/Console/Descriptor/MarkdownDescriptor.php b/src/Symfony/Component/Console/Descriptor/MarkdownDescriptor.php
index b893d7ea0d9a8..800629134d7e5 100644
--- a/src/Symfony/Component/Console/Descriptor/MarkdownDescriptor.php
+++ b/src/Symfony/Component/Console/Descriptor/MarkdownDescriptor.php
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@
 
 use Symfony\Component\Console\Application;
 use Symfony\Component\Console\Command\Command;
+use Symfony\Component\Console\Helper\Helper;
 use Symfony\Component\Console\Input\InputArgument;
 use Symfony\Component\Console\Input\InputDefinition;
 use Symfony\Component\Console\Input\InputOption;
@@ -122,8 +123,9 @@ protected function describeApplication(Application $application, array $options
     {
         $describedNamespace = isset($options['namespace']) ? $options['namespace'] : null;
         $description = new ApplicationDescription($application, $describedNamespace);
+        $longVersion = strip_tags($application->getLongVersion());
 
-        $this->write($application->getLongVersion()."\n".str_repeat('=', strlen($application->getLongVersion())));
+        $this->write($longVersion."\n".str_repeat('=', Helper::strlen($longVersion)));
 
         foreach ($description->getNamespaces() as $namespace) {
             if (ApplicationDescription::GLOBAL_NAMESPACE !== $namespace['id']) {
diff --git a/src/Symfony/Component/Console/Tests/Fixtures/application_2.md b/src/Symfony/Component/Console/Tests/Fixtures/application_2.md
index 68c8b0be1c091..2dbfe1abfb1c1 100644
--- a/src/Symfony/Component/Console/Tests/Fixtures/application_2.md
+++ b/src/Symfony/Component/Console/Tests/Fixtures/application_2.md
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
-My Symfony application <info>v1.0</info>
-========================================
+My Symfony application v1.0
+===========================
 
 * `alias1`
 * `alias2`