diff --git a/time/apply.cgi b/time/apply.cgi
index 358bb2706..d9397a82f 100755
--- a/time/apply.cgi
+++ b/time/apply.cgi
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ if ($in{'action'} eq $text{'action_sync'}) {
   $access{'ntp'} || &error($text{'acl_nontp'});
   $in{'timeserver'} =~ /\S/ || &error($text{'error_etimeserver'});
   $err = &sync_time($in{'timeserver'}, $in{'hardware'});
-  &error(&html_escape($err)) if ($err);
+  &error("<pre>".&html_escape($err)."</pre>") if ($err);
 
   # Save settings in module config
   &lock_file($module_config_file);
diff --git a/time/time-lib.pl b/time/time-lib.pl
index 9ac320af8..dd4d6b254 100755
--- a/time/time-lib.pl
+++ b/time/time-lib.pl
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ else {
 	}
 if ($? && $config{'ntp_only'}) {
 	# error using ntp, but nothing else is allowed
-	return &text('error_entp', "<tt>$out</tt>");
+	return &text('error_entp', "$out");
 	}
 elsif ($?) {
 	# error using ntp. use timeservice