diff --git a/lib/mdex.ex b/lib/mdex.ex
index 25ef81c..1a49968 100644
--- a/lib/mdex.ex
+++ b/lib/mdex.ex
@@ -603,11 +603,38 @@ defmodule MDEx do
   defp maybe_trim({:ok, result}), do: {:ok, String.trim(result)}
   defp maybe_trim(error), do: error
 
-  # TODO: spec/docs
-  def safe_html(unsafe_html, opts) do
-    sanitize = Keyword.get(opts, :sanitize, true)
-    escape_tags = Keyword.get(opts, :escape_tags, true)
-    escape_curly_braces_in_code = Keyword.get(opts, :escape_curly_braces_in_code, true)
-    Native.safe_html(unsafe_html, sanitize, escape_tags, escape_curly_braces_in_code)
+  @doc """
+  Utility function to sanitize and escape HTML.
+
+  ## Example
+
+      iex> MDEx.safe_html("<script>console.log('attack')</script>")
+      ""
+
+      iex> MDEx.safe_html("<span>Hello</span>")
+      "&lt;span&gt;Hello&lt;&#x2f;span&gt;"
+
+      iex> MDEx.safe_html("<h1>{'Example:'}</h1><code>{:ok, 'MDEx'}</code>")
+      "&lt;h1&gt;{&#x27;Example:&#x27;}&lt;&#x2f;h1&gt;&lt;code&gt;&lbrace;:ok, &#x27;MDEx&#x27;&rbrace;&lt;&#x2f;code&gt;"
+
+  ## Options
+
+    - `:sanitize` - clean HTML using these rules https://docs.rs/ammonia/latest/ammonia/fn.clean.html. Defaults to `true`.
+    - `:escape` - which entities should be escaped. Defaults to `[:content, :curly_braces_in_code]`.
+                  `:content` - escape common chars like `<`, `>`, `&`, and others in the HTML content;
+                  `:curly_braces_in_code` - escape `{` and `}` only inside `<code>` tags, particularly useful for compiling HTML in LiveView;
+  """
+  def safe_html(unsafe_html, opts \\ []) when is_binary(unsafe_html) and is_list(opts) do
+    sanitize = opt(opts, [:sanitize],  true)
+    escape_content = opt(opts, [:escape, :content], true)
+    escape_curly_braces_in_code = opt(opts, [:escape, :curly_braces_in_code], true)
+    Native.safe_html(unsafe_html, sanitize, escape_content, escape_curly_braces_in_code)
+  end
+
+  defp opt(opts, keys, default) do
+     case get_in(opts, keys) do
+        nil -> default
+        val -> val
+     end
   end
 end
diff --git a/native/comrak_nif/src/lib.rs b/native/comrak_nif/src/lib.rs
index c25608e..911d660 100644
--- a/native/comrak_nif/src/lib.rs
+++ b/native/comrak_nif/src/lib.rs
@@ -382,18 +382,16 @@ fn do_safe_html(
         false => unsafe_html,
     };
 
-    let html = match escape_tags {
-        true => v_htmlescape::escape(&html).to_string(),
-        false => html,
-    };
-
     let html = match escape_curly_braces_in_code {
         true => rewrite_str(
             &html,
             RewriteStrSettings {
-                element_content_handlers: vec![text!("code", |t| {
-                    t.replace(
-                        &t.as_str().replace('{', "&lbrace;").replace('}', "&rbrace;"),
+                element_content_handlers: vec![text!("code", |chunk| {
+                    chunk.replace(
+                        &chunk
+                            .as_str()
+                            .replace('{', "&lbrace;")
+                            .replace('}', "&rbrace;"),
                         ContentType::Html,
                     );
 
@@ -406,5 +404,12 @@ fn do_safe_html(
         false => html,
     };
 
-    html
+    let html = match escape_tags {
+        true => v_htmlescape::escape(&html).to_string(),
+        false => html,
+    };
+
+    // TODO: not so clean solution to undo double escaping, could be better
+    html.replace("&amp;lbrace;", "&lbrace;")
+        .replace("&amp;rbrace;", "&rbrace;")
 }
diff --git a/test/mdex_test.exs b/test/mdex_test.exs
index 1acacb8..d3ab85e 100644
--- a/test/mdex_test.exs
+++ b/test/mdex_test.exs
@@ -231,19 +231,29 @@ defmodule MDExTest do
     test "sanitize" do
       assert MDEx.safe_html("<span>tag</span><script>console.log('hello')</script>",
                sanitize: true,
-               escape_tags: false,
-               escape_curly_braces_in_code: false
+               escape: [content: false, curly_braces_in_code: false]
              ) == "<span>tag</span>"
     end
 
     test "escape tags" do
-      assert MDEx.safe_html("<span>tag</span>", sanitize: false, escape_tags: true, escape_curly_braces_in_code: false) ==
-               "&lt;span&gt;tag&lt;&#x2f;span&gt;"
+      assert MDEx.safe_html("<span>content</span>",
+               sanitize: false,
+               escape: [content: true, curly_braces_in_code: false]
+             ) == "&lt;span&gt;content&lt;&#x2f;span&gt;"
     end
 
     test "escape curly braces in code tags" do
-      assert MDEx.safe_html("<h1>{test}</h1><code>{:foo}</code>", sanitize: false, escape_tags: false, escape_curly_braces_in_code: true) ==
-               "<h1>{test}</h1><code>&lbrace;:foo&rbrace;</code>"
+      assert MDEx.safe_html("<h1>{test}</h1><code>{:foo}</code>",
+               sanitize: false,
+               escape: [content: false, curly_braces_in_code: true]
+             ) == "<h1>{test}</h1><code>&lbrace;:foo&rbrace;</code>"
+    end
+
+    test "enable all by default" do
+      assert MDEx.safe_html(
+               "<span>{:example} <code class=\"lang-ex\" data-foo=\"{:val}\">{:ok, 'foo'}</code></span><script>console.log('hello')</script>"
+             ) ==
+               "&lt;span&gt;{:example} &lt;code&gt;&lbrace;:ok, &#x27;foo&#x27;&rbrace;&lt;&#x2f;code&gt;&lt;&#x2f;span&gt;"
     end
   end