diff --git a/inst/htmlwidgets/sankeyNetwork.js b/inst/htmlwidgets/sankeyNetwork.js
index 6b64ed83..dcc41b33 100644
--- a/inst/htmlwidgets/sankeyNetwork.js
+++ b/inst/htmlwidgets/sankeyNetwork.js
@@ -181,7 +181,7 @@ HTMLWidgets.widget({
             .style("opacity", 0.9)
             .style("cursor", "move")
             .append("title")
-            .text(function(d) { return d.name + "<br>" + format(d.value) + 
+            .text(function(d) { return d.name + "\n" + format(d.value) + 
                 " " + options.units; });
 
         node.append("text")