diff --git a/core/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/jelly/tags/core/CoreTagLibrary.java b/core/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/jelly/tags/core/CoreTagLibrary.java
index 1fbe06d..31333d7 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/jelly/tags/core/CoreTagLibrary.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/jelly/tags/core/CoreTagLibrary.java
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ public CoreTagLibrary() {
         registerTag("jelly", JellyTag.class);
 
         // core tags
-        registerTag("out", ExprTag.class);
+        registerTag("out", OutTag.class);
         registerTag("catch", CatchTag.class);
         registerTag("forEach", ForEachTag.class);
         registerTag("set", SetTag.class);
diff --git a/core/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/jelly/tags/core/ExprTag.java b/core/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/jelly/tags/core/ExprTag.java
index b2f5321..3720a4d 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/jelly/tags/core/ExprTag.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/jelly/tags/core/ExprTag.java
@@ -23,10 +23,12 @@
 
 /** A tag which evaluates an expression
   *
-  * @tag out
+  * tag expr
   * @author <a href="mailto:jstrachan@apache.org">James Strachan</a>
   * @version $Revision: 155420 $
+  * @deprecated In Jenkins, we use the {@link org.apache.commons.jelly.tags.core.OutTag}.
   */
+@Deprecated
 public class ExprTag extends TagSupport {
 
     /** The expression to evaluate. */
@@ -58,7 +60,7 @@ public void doTag(XMLOutput output) throws JellyTagException {
     /**
      * Sets the Jexl expression to evaluate.
      *
-     * @required true
+     * @param value required
      */
     public void setValue(Expression value) {
         this.value = value;
diff --git a/core/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/jelly/tags/core/OutTag.java b/core/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/jelly/tags/core/OutTag.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..2beb6c7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/core/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/jelly/tags/core/OutTag.java
@@ -0,0 +1,58 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright 2002,2004 The Apache Software Foundation.
+ *
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+package org.apache.commons.jelly.tags.core;
+
+import org.apache.commons.jelly.JellyTagException;
+import org.apache.commons.jelly.TagSupport;
+import org.apache.commons.jelly.XMLOutput;
+import org.apache.commons.jelly.expression.Expression;
+import org.xml.sax.SAXException;
+
+/**
+ * Cancels the effect of &lt;?jelly escape-by-default='true'?&gt; and allow expressions to produce mark up.
+ */
+public class OutTag extends TagSupport {
+
+    /** The expression to evaluate. */
+    private Expression value;
+
+    public OutTag() {
+    }
+
+    public void doTag(XMLOutput output) throws JellyTagException {
+        if (value != null) {
+            String text = value.evaluateAsString(context);
+            if (text != null) {
+
+                try {
+                    output.write(text);
+                }
+                catch (SAXException e) {
+                    throw new JellyTagException("could not write the XMLOutput",e);
+                }
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * The value that should be escaped.
+     *
+     * @param value required
+     */
+    public void setValue(Expression value) {
+        this.value = value;
+    }
+}