diff --git a/src/librustdoc/clean/cfg.rs b/src/librustdoc/clean/cfg.rs
index 5dc9f17c15fd..764fd2957c55 100644
--- a/src/librustdoc/clean/cfg.rs
+++ b/src/librustdoc/clean/cfg.rs
@@ -111,7 +111,7 @@ pub(crate) fn render_short_html(&self) -> String {
         msg
     }
 
-    fn render_long_inner(&self, format: Format) -> String {
+    fn render_long_inner(&self, format: Format) -> impl fmt::Display {
         let on = if self.omit_preposition() {
             " "
         } else if self.should_use_with_in_description() {
@@ -132,14 +132,12 @@ fn render_long_inner(&self, format: Format) -> String {
     }
 
     /// Renders the configuration for long display, as a long HTML description.
-    pub(crate) fn render_long_html(&self) -> String {
-        let mut msg = self.render_long_inner(Format::LongHtml);
-        msg.push('.');
-        msg
+    pub(crate) fn render_long_html(&self) -> impl fmt::Display {
+        fmt::from_fn(|f| write!(f, "{}.", self.render_long_inner(Format::LongHtml)))
     }
 
     /// Renders the configuration for long display, as a long plain text description.
-    pub(crate) fn render_long_plain(&self) -> String {
+    pub(crate) fn render_long_plain(&self) -> impl fmt::Display {
         self.render_long_inner(Format::LongPlain)
     }
 
diff --git a/src/librustdoc/html/escape.rs b/src/librustdoc/html/escape.rs
index ac9e2f42cc6d..51663c7aae00 100644
--- a/src/librustdoc/html/escape.rs
+++ b/src/librustdoc/html/escape.rs
@@ -5,16 +5,60 @@
 
 use std::fmt;
 
-use pulldown_cmark_escape::FmtWriter;
 use unicode_segmentation::UnicodeSegmentation;
 
+#[inline]
+fn escape(s: &str, mut w: impl fmt::Write, escape_quotes: bool) -> fmt::Result {
+    // Because the internet is always right, turns out there's not that many
+    // characters to escape: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/7381974
+    let pile_o_bits = s;
+    let mut last = 0;
+    for (i, ch) in s.char_indices() {
+        let s = match ch {
+            '>' => ">",
+            '<' => "&lt;",
+            '&' => "&amp;",
+            '\'' if escape_quotes => "&#39;",
+            '"' if escape_quotes => "&quot;",
+            _ => continue,
+        };
+        w.write_str(&pile_o_bits[last..i])?;
+        w.write_str(s)?;
+        // NOTE: we only expect single byte characters here - which is fine as long as we
+        // only match single byte characters
+        last = i + 1;
+    }
+
+    if last < s.len() {
+        w.write_str(&pile_o_bits[last..])?;
+    }
+    Ok(())
+}
+
+struct WriteEscaped<W: fmt::Write> {
+    writer: W,
+    escape_quotes: bool,
+}
+
+impl<W: fmt::Write> fmt::Write for WriteEscaped<W> {
+    #[inline]
+    fn write_str(&mut self, s: &str) -> fmt::Result {
+        escape(s, &mut self.writer, self.escape_quotes)
+    }
+}
+
 /// Wrapper struct which will emit the HTML-escaped version of the contained
 /// string when passed to a format string.
-pub(crate) struct Escape<'a>(pub &'a str);
+pub(crate) struct Escape<T>(pub T);
 
-impl fmt::Display for Escape<'_> {
+impl<T: fmt::Display> fmt::Display for Escape<T> {
+    #[inline]
     fn fmt(&self, fmt: &mut fmt::Formatter<'_>) -> fmt::Result {
-        pulldown_cmark_escape::escape_html(FmtWriter(fmt), self.0)
+        self.0.fmt(
+            &mut fmt
+                .options()
+                .create_formatter(&mut WriteEscaped { writer: fmt, escape_quotes: true }),
+        )
     }
 }
 
@@ -24,11 +68,15 @@ fn fmt(&self, fmt: &mut fmt::Formatter<'_>) -> fmt::Result {
 /// This is only safe to use for text nodes. If you need your output to be
 /// safely contained in an attribute, use [`Escape`]. If you don't know the
 /// difference, use [`Escape`].
-pub(crate) struct EscapeBodyText<'a>(pub &'a str);
+pub(crate) struct EscapeBodyText<T>(pub T);
 
-impl fmt::Display for EscapeBodyText<'_> {
+impl<T: fmt::Display> fmt::Display for EscapeBodyText<T> {
     fn fmt(&self, fmt: &mut fmt::Formatter<'_>) -> fmt::Result {
-        pulldown_cmark_escape::escape_html_body_text(FmtWriter(fmt), self.0)
+        self.0.fmt(
+            &mut fmt
+                .options()
+                .create_formatter(&mut WriteEscaped { writer: fmt, escape_quotes: false }),
+        )
     }
 }
 
diff --git a/src/librustdoc/html/escape/tests.rs b/src/librustdoc/html/escape/tests.rs
index de702e160635..9beb137f973e 100644
--- a/src/librustdoc/html/escape/tests.rs
+++ b/src/librustdoc/html/escape/tests.rs
@@ -1,3 +1,11 @@
+use std::iter;
+
+#[test]
+fn escape() {
+    use super::Escape as E;
+    assert_eq!(format!("<Hello> {}", E("<World>")), "<Hello> &lt;World&gt;");
+}
+
 // basic examples
 #[test]
 fn escape_body_text_with_wbr() {
@@ -47,21 +55,8 @@ fn escape_body_text_with_wbr_makes_sense() {
     use itertools::Itertools as _;
 
     use super::EscapeBodyTextWithWbr as E;
-    const C: [u8; 3] = [b'a', b'A', b'_'];
-    for chars in [
-        C.into_iter(),
-        C.into_iter(),
-        C.into_iter(),
-        C.into_iter(),
-        C.into_iter(),
-        C.into_iter(),
-        C.into_iter(),
-        C.into_iter(),
-    ]
-    .into_iter()
-    .multi_cartesian_product()
-    {
-        let s = String::from_utf8(chars).unwrap();
+    for chars in iter::repeat("aA_").take(8).map(str::chars).multi_cartesian_product() {
+        let s = chars.into_iter().collect::<String>();
         assert_eq!(s.len(), 8);
         let esc = E(&s).to_string();
         assert!(!esc.contains("<wbr><wbr>"));
diff --git a/src/librustdoc/html/format.rs b/src/librustdoc/html/format.rs
index 35212d480cfd..4d86a815935c 100644
--- a/src/librustdoc/html/format.rs
+++ b/src/librustdoc/html/format.rs
@@ -875,7 +875,7 @@ pub(crate) fn print_anchor(did: DefId, text: Symbol, cx: &Context<'_>) -> impl D
                 r#"<a class="{kind}" href="{url}{anchor}" title="{kind} {path}">{text}</a>"#,
                 anchor = fragment(did, cx.tcx()),
                 path = join_path_syms(rust_path),
-                text = EscapeBodyText(text.as_str()),
+                text = EscapeBodyText(text),
             )
         } else {
             f.write_str(text.as_str())
diff --git a/src/librustdoc/html/render/mod.rs b/src/librustdoc/html/render/mod.rs
index 8108316a856b..cefa42e15783 100644
--- a/src/librustdoc/html/render/mod.rs
+++ b/src/librustdoc/html/render/mod.rs
@@ -845,7 +845,10 @@ fn document_item_info(
     ItemInfo { items }
 }
 
-fn portability(item: &clean::Item, parent: Option<&clean::Item>) -> Option<String> {
+fn portability<'a>(
+    item: &'a clean::Item,
+    parent: Option<&'a clean::Item>,
+) -> Option<impl fmt::Display + 'a> {
     let cfg = match (&item.cfg, parent.and_then(|p| p.cfg.as_ref())) {
         (Some(cfg), Some(parent_cfg)) => cfg.simplify_with(parent_cfg),
         (cfg, _) => cfg.as_deref().cloned(),
@@ -858,7 +861,7 @@ fn portability(item: &clean::Item, parent: Option<&clean::Item>) -> Option<Strin
         parent_cfg = parent.and_then(|p| p.cfg.as_ref()),
     );
 
-    Some(cfg?.render_long_html())
+    cfg.map(|cfg| fmt::from_fn(move |f| cfg.render_long_html().fmt(f)))
 }
 
 #[derive(Template)]
@@ -901,7 +904,7 @@ fn short_item_info(
             }
             DeprecatedSince::Future => String::from("Deprecating in a future version"),
             DeprecatedSince::NonStandard(since) => {
-                format!("Deprecated since {}", Escape(since.as_str()))
+                format!("Deprecated since {}", Escape(since))
             }
             DeprecatedSince::Unspecified | DeprecatedSince::Err => String::from("Deprecated"),
         };
@@ -935,7 +938,7 @@ fn short_item_info(
     }
 
     if let Some(message) = portability(item, parent) {
-        extra_info.push(ShortItemInfo::Portability { message });
+        extra_info.push(ShortItemInfo::Portability { message: message.to_string() });
     }
 
     extra_info
@@ -1682,7 +1685,7 @@ fn notable_traits_button(ty: &clean::Type, cx: &Context<'_>) -> Option<impl fmt:
             write!(
                 f,
                 " <a href=\"#\" class=\"tooltip\" data-notable-ty=\"{ty}\">ⓘ</a>",
-                ty = Escape(&format!("{:#}", print_type(ty, cx))),
+                ty = Escape(format_args!("{:#}", print_type(ty, cx))),
             )
         })
     })
diff --git a/src/librustdoc/html/render/print_item.rs b/src/librustdoc/html/render/print_item.rs
index 45e38d67c402..2afe6c53bb55 100644
--- a/src/librustdoc/html/render/print_item.rs
+++ b/src/librustdoc/html/render/print_item.rs
@@ -486,12 +486,16 @@ fn print_extra_info_tags(
     import_def_id: Option<DefId>,
 ) -> impl Display {
     fmt::from_fn(move |f| {
-        fn tag_html(class: &str, title: &str, contents: &str) -> impl Display {
+        fn tag_html<'a>(
+            class: impl fmt::Display + 'a,
+            title: impl fmt::Display + 'a,
+            contents: impl fmt::Display + 'a,
+        ) -> impl Display + 'a {
             fmt::from_fn(move |f| {
                 write!(
                     f,
                     r#"<wbr><span class="stab {class}" title="{title}">{contents}</span>"#,
-                    title = Escape(title),
+                    title = Escape(&title),
                 )
             })
         }
diff --git a/src/librustdoc/lib.rs b/src/librustdoc/lib.rs
index 08777e8f40ac..2b7a0492d023 100644
--- a/src/librustdoc/lib.rs
+++ b/src/librustdoc/lib.rs
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@
 #![feature(ascii_char_variants)]
 #![feature(deref_patterns)]
 #![feature(file_buffered)]
+#![feature(format_args_nl)]
 #![feature(formatting_options)]
 #![feature(iter_intersperse)]
 #![feature(iter_order_by)]