diff --git a/admin/registration/renderer.php b/admin/registration/renderer.php
index 4832013004e..b7414b4933e 100644
--- a/admin/registration/renderer.php
+++ b/admin/registration/renderer.php
@@ -36,6 +36,6 @@ class core_register_renderer extends plugin_renderer_base {
      * @return string
      */
     public function moodleorg_registration_message() {
-        return format_text(get_string('registermoodlenet', 'admin'), FORMAT_MARKDOWN, ['noclean' => true]);
+        return format_text(get_string('registermoodlenet', 'admin'), FORMAT_HTML, ['noclean' => true]);
     }
 }
diff --git a/lang/en/admin.php b/lang/en/admin.php
index c210238d786..69291ba0621 100644
--- a/lang/en/admin.php
+++ b/lang/en/admin.php
@@ -940,15 +940,7 @@ $string['quizattemptsupgradedmessage'] = 'In Moodle 2.1 there was a major upgrad
 $string['recaptchaprivatekey'] = 'ReCAPTCHA secret key';
 $string['recaptchapublickey'] = 'ReCAPTCHA site key';
 $string['register'] = 'Register your site';
-$string['registermoodlenet'] = 'We\'d love to stay in touch for important things for your Moodle site!
-
-By registering,
-
-* You are contributing to our collective knowledge about the users of Moodle which helps us improve Moodle and all our community services
-* You’ll be one of the first to find out about important notifications such as security alerts and new Moodle releases.
-* You can access and activate mobile push notifications from your Moodle site through our free [Moodle Mobile app](https://download.moodle.org/mobile/)
-* Optionally, your site can be included as a proud member and supporter of the Moodle community on the [list of registered sites](https://moodle.net/stats).
-';
+$string['registermoodlenet'] = '<p>We\'d love to stay in touch for important things for your Moodle site!</p><p>By registering,</p><ul><li>You are contributing to our collective knowledge about the users of Moodle which helps us improve Moodle and all our community services.</li><li>You’ll be one of the first to find out about important notifications such as security alerts and new Moodle releases.</li><li>You can access and activate mobile push notifications from your Moodle site through our free <a href="https://download.moodle.org/mobile/">Moodle Mobile app</a>.</li><li>Optionally, your site can be included as a proud member and supporter of the Moodle community on the <a href="https://moodle.net/stats">list of registered sites</a>.</li></ul>';
 $string['registermoodleorg'] = 'When you register your site';
 $string['registermoodleorgli1'] = 'You are added to a low-volume mailing list for important notifications such as security alerts and new releases of Moodle.';
 $string['registermoodleorgli2'] = 'Statistics about your site will be added to the {$a} of the worldwide Moodle community.';
diff --git a/version.php b/version.php
index f9b47a429fb..787edbe4ff3 100644
--- a/version.php
+++ b/version.php
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@
 
 defined('MOODLE_INTERNAL') || die();
 
-$version  = 2017102700.00;              // YYYYMMDD      = weekly release date of this DEV branch.
+$version  = 2017102700.01;              // YYYYMMDD      = weekly release date of this DEV branch.
                                         //         RR    = release increments - 00 in DEV branches.
                                         //           .XX = incremental changes.