diff --git a/share/sgml/gallery.dtd b/share/sgml/gallery.dtd
index 91ea1b068a..0a5ce8569c 100644
--- a/share/sgml/gallery.dtd
+++ b/share/sgml/gallery.dtd
@@ -21,24 +21,15 @@
 
 <!ELEMENT name (#PCDATA)>
 <!ELEMENT url (#PCDATA)>
-<!ELEMENT description (#PCDATA|a|b|br|i|tt|em|p|strong|img|ul)*>
 
-<!-- misc HTML tags -->
-<!ELEMENT a (#PCDATA|img)*>
-<!ATTLIST a href CDATA #REQUIRED>
+<!--
+     Allow full HTML cotent in description.
+-->
+<!ENTITY % html.orig PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN"
+"http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd">
+%html.orig;
 
-<!ELEMENT b (#PCDATA|a)*>
-<!ELEMENT br (#PCDATA|a)*>
-<!ELEMENT i (#PCDATA|a)*>
-<!ELEMENT tt (#PCDATA|a)*>
-<!ELEMENT em (#PCDATA|a)*>
-<!ELEMENT p (#PCDATA|a)*>
-<!ELEMENT strong (#PCDATA|a)*>
-<!ELEMENT ul (li)*>
-<!ELEMENT li (#PCDATA|a)*>
-<!ELEMENT img (#PCDATA|a)*>
-<!ATTLIST img alt CDATA #IMPLIED>
-<!ATTLIST img src CDATA #REQUIRED>
+<!ELEMENT description %Flow;>
 
 <!ENTITY % cvs
  PUBLIC "-//FreeBSD//DTD FreeBSD CVS Keywords//EN"
diff --git a/share/sgml/press.dtd b/share/sgml/press.dtd
index 18f06321c5..a5346a3b42 100644
--- a/share/sgml/press.dtd
+++ b/share/sgml/press.dtd
@@ -12,6 +12,10 @@
   id		ID	#IMPLIED
 >
 
+<!ENTITY % html.orig PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN"
+"http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd">
+%html.orig;
+
 <!ELEMENT story (name, url, site-name, site-url, date, author, (p)+)>
 <!ATTLIST storyevent
   id		ID	#IMPLIED
@@ -42,22 +46,6 @@
   id		ID	#IMPLIED
 >
 
-<!ELEMENT p (#PCDATA | a | tt)*>
-<!ATTLIST p
-  id		ID	#IMPLIED
->
-
-<!ELEMENT tt (#PCDATA)>
-<!ATTLIST tt
-  id		ID	#IMPLIED
->
-
-<!ELEMENT a (#PCDATA)>
-<!ATTLIST a
-  id		ID	#IMPLIED
-  href		CDATA	#REQUIRED
->
-
 <!ENTITY % cvs
  PUBLIC "-//FreeBSD//DTD FreeBSD CVS Keywords//EN"
 	"http://www.FreeBSD.org/XML/doc/share/sgml/cvs.dtd">
diff --git a/share/sgml/statusreport.dtd b/share/sgml/statusreport.dtd
index 828c62688e..f8e7d61d67 100644
--- a/share/sgml/statusreport.dtd
+++ b/share/sgml/statusreport.dtd
@@ -1,5 +1,12 @@
 <!-- $FreeBSD$ -->
 
+<!--
+     Allow full HTML cotent in body.
+-->
+<!ENTITY % html.orig PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN"
+"http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd">
+%html.orig;
+
 <!ELEMENT report (date, section, category+, project+)>
 
 <!ELEMENT date (month, year)>
@@ -43,11 +50,6 @@
   cat		CDATA	#REQUIRED
 >
 
-<!ELEMENT title (#PCDATA)>
-<!ATTLIST title
-  id		ID	#IMPLIED
->
-
 <!ELEMENT contact (person+)>
 <!ATTLIST contact
   id		ID	#IMPLIED
@@ -84,36 +86,6 @@
   href		CDATA	#REQUIRED
 >
 
-<!ENTITY % mixed.inline "#PCDATA | a | br | p | strong | b | em | ul">
-
-<!ELEMENT body (%mixed.inline;)*>
-<!ATTLIST body
-  id		ID	#IMPLIED
->
-
-<!ELEMENT br EMPTY>
-
-<!ELEMENT ul (li)+>
-<!ATTLIST ul
-  id		ID	#IMPLIED
->
-
-<!ELEMENT li (%mixed.inline;)*>
-<!ATTLIST li
-  id		ID	#IMPLIED
->
-
-<!ELEMENT p (%mixed.inline;)*>
-<!ATTLIST p
-  id		ID	#IMPLIED
->
-
-<!ELEMENT a (#PCDATA)>
-<!ATTLIST a
-  id		ID	#IMPLIED
-  href		CDATA	#REQUIRED
->
-
 <!ELEMENT help (task)+>
 <!ATTLIST help
   id		ID	#IMPLIED
diff --git a/share/sgml/usergroups.dtd b/share/sgml/usergroups.dtd
index 514d52c417..0dec50d6bb 100644
--- a/share/sgml/usergroups.dtd
+++ b/share/sgml/usergroups.dtd
@@ -16,13 +16,11 @@
 
 <!ELEMENT url (#PCDATA)>
 
-<!ELEMENT description (#PCDATA|a)*>
+<!ENTITY % html.orig PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN"
+"http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd">
+%html.orig;
 
-<!ELEMENT a (#PCDATA)>
-<!ATTLIST a
-  id		ID	#IMPLIED
-  href		CDATA	#REQUIRED
->
+<!ELEMENT description (#PCDATA|a)*>
 
 <!ENTITY % iso8879.ent
  PUBLIC "-//FreeBSD//ENTITIES ISO 8879:1986 Entity Set//EN//XML"