diff --git a/pkg/vm_service/lib/src/vm_service.dart b/pkg/vm_service/lib/src/vm_service.dart
index 132563c..7b4745f 100644
--- a/pkg/vm_service/lib/src/vm_service.dart
+++ b/pkg/vm_service/lib/src/vm_service.dart
@@ -937,10 +937,10 @@
   /// their resolved (or absolute) paths. For example, URIs passed to this RPC
   /// are mapped in the following ways:
   ///
-  /// - `dart:io` -&gt; `org-dartlang-sdk:///sdk/lib/io/io.dart`
-  /// - `package:test/test.dart` -&gt;
+  /// - `dart:io` -> `org-dartlang-sdk:///sdk/lib/io/io.dart`
+  /// - `package:test/test.dart` ->
   /// `file:///$PACKAGE_INSTALLATION_DIR/lib/test.dart`
-  /// - `file:///foo/bar/bazz.dart` -&gt; `file:///foo/bar/bazz.dart`
+  /// - `file:///foo/bar/bazz.dart` -> `file:///foo/bar/bazz.dart`
   ///
   /// If a URI is not known, the corresponding entry in the [UriList] response
   /// will be `null`.
@@ -956,10 +956,10 @@
   /// unresolved paths. For example, URIs passed to this RPC are mapped in the
   /// following ways:
   ///
-  /// - `org-dartlang-sdk:///sdk/lib/io/io.dart` -&gt; `dart:io`
-  /// - `file:///$PACKAGE_INSTALLATION_DIR/lib/test.dart` -&gt;
+  /// - `org-dartlang-sdk:///sdk/lib/io/io.dart` -> `dart:io`
+  /// - `file:///$PACKAGE_INSTALLATION_DIR/lib/test.dart` ->
   /// `package:test/test.dart`
-  /// - `file:///foo/bar/bazz.dart` -&gt; `file:///foo/bar/bazz.dart`
+  /// - `file:///foo/bar/bazz.dart` -> `file:///foo/bar/bazz.dart`
   ///
   /// If a URI is not known, the corresponding entry in the [UriList] response
   /// will be `null`.
diff --git a/pkg/vm_service/tool/common/src_gen_common.dart b/pkg/vm_service/tool/common/src_gen_common.dart
index 1962c61..924a101 100644
--- a/pkg/vm_service/tool/common/src_gen_common.dart
+++ b/pkg/vm_service/tool/common/src_gen_common.dart
@@ -36,6 +36,20 @@
 String lowerTitleCase(String str) =>
     str.substring(0, 1).toLowerCase() + str.substring(1);
 
+/// Certain special characters are encoded as HTML entities by the Markdown
+/// parser, this function changes those HTML entities back into the characters
+/// they represent.
+String replaceHTMLEntities(String text) {
+  return text
+      // TODO(derekx): Remove the line handling single-quotes once the
+      // package:markdown dep is bumped to ^7.0.0.
+      .replaceAll('&#39;', "'")
+      .replaceAll('&quot;', '"')
+      .replaceAll('&amp;', '&')
+      .replaceAll('&lt;', '<')
+      .replaceAll('&gt;', '>');
+}
+
 String joinLast(Iterable<String> strs, String join, [String? last]) {
   if (strs.isEmpty) return '';
   List list = strs.toList();
diff --git a/pkg/vm_service/tool/dart/generate_dart.dart b/pkg/vm_service/tool/dart/generate_dart.dart
index 6aeae39..3ac0aa5 100644
--- a/pkg/vm_service/tool/dart/generate_dart.dart
+++ b/pkg/vm_service/tool/dart/generate_dart.dart
@@ -468,11 +468,9 @@
   String? get docs => null;
 
   void _parse(String name, String definition, [String? docs]) {
-    name = name.trim();
-    definition = definition.trim();
-    // clean markdown introduced changes
-    definition = definition.replaceAll('&lt;', '<').replaceAll('&gt;', '>');
-    if (docs != null) docs = docs.trim();
+    name = replaceHTMLEntities(name.trim());
+    definition = replaceHTMLEntities(definition.trim());
+    if (docs != null) docs = replaceHTMLEntities(docs.trim());
 
     if (definition.startsWith('class ')) {
       types.add(Type(this, name, definition, docs));
diff --git a/pkg/vm_service/tool/java/generate_java.dart b/pkg/vm_service/tool/java/generate_java.dart
index d533c5e..4f81dcd5 100644
--- a/pkg/vm_service/tool/java/generate_java.dart
+++ b/pkg/vm_service/tool/java/generate_java.dart
@@ -308,11 +308,9 @@
   }
 
   void _parse(String name, String definition, [String? docs]) {
-    name = name.trim();
-    definition = definition.trim();
-    // clean markdown introduced changes
-    definition = definition.replaceAll('&lt;', '<').replaceAll('&gt;', '>');
-    if (docs != null) docs = docs.trim();
+    name = replaceHTMLEntities(name.trim());
+    definition = replaceHTMLEntities(definition.trim());
+    if (docs != null) docs = replaceHTMLEntities(docs.trim());
 
     if (definition.startsWith('class ')) {
       types.add(Type(this, scriptLocation, name, definition, docs));