diff --git a/freqtrade/rpc/telegram.py b/freqtrade/rpc/telegram.py
index 92a24f024..708a1ce53 100644
--- a/freqtrade/rpc/telegram.py
+++ b/freqtrade/rpc/telegram.py
@@ -1062,7 +1062,7 @@ class Telegram(RPCHandler):
                 self._rpc._rpc_force_entry(pair, price, order_side=order_side)
             except RPCException as e:
                 logger.exception("Forcebuy error!")
-                self._send_msg(str(e))
+                self._send_msg(str(e), ParseMode.HTML)
 
     def _force_enter_inline(self, update: Update, _: CallbackContext) -> None:
         if update.callback_query: