diff --git a/src/Symfony/Component/DomCrawler/Crawler.php b/src/Symfony/Component/DomCrawler/Crawler.php
index 9d27a272e2..326e7d110b 100644
--- a/src/Symfony/Component/DomCrawler/Crawler.php
+++ b/src/Symfony/Component/DomCrawler/Crawler.php
@@ -499,7 +499,7 @@ class Crawler extends \SplObjectStorage
 
         $html = '';
         foreach ($this->getNode(0)->childNodes as $child) {
-            $html .= $child->ownerDocument->saveXML($child);
+            $html .= $child->ownerDocument->saveHTML($child);
         }
 
         return $html;