diff --git a/modules/lang/web/autoload/evil.el b/modules/lang/web/autoload/evil.el
index fcc563971..ebbd100fa 100644
--- a/modules/lang/web/autoload/evil.el
+++ b/modules/lang/web/autoload/evil.el
@@ -2,20 +2,25 @@
 ;;;###if (featurep! :editor evil)
 
 ;;;###autoload (autoload '+web:encode-html-entities "lang/web/autoload/evil" nil t)
-(evil-define-operator +web:encode-html-entities (beg end &optional input)
+(evil-define-operator +web:encode-html-entities (beg end &optional bang input)
   "Encodes HTML entities in INPUT or the selected region."
-  (interactive "<r><a>")
+  (interactive "<r><!><a>")
   (cond (input
-         (insert (+web-encode-entities input)))
+         (let ((result (+web-encode-entities input)))
+           (if bang
+               (kill-new result)
+             (insert result))))
         ((and beg end)
          (+web/encode-entities-region beg end))))
 
 ;;;###autoload (autoload '+web:decode-html-entities "lang/web/autoload/evil" nil t)
-(evil-define-operator +web:decode-html-entities (beg end &optional input)
+(evil-define-operator +web:decode-html-entities (beg end &optional bang input)
   "Decodes HTML entities in INPUT or the selected region."
-  (interactive "<r><a>")
+  (interactive "<r><!><a>")
   (cond (input
-         (insert (+web-decode-entities input)))
+         (let ((result (+web-decode-entities input)))
+           (if bang
+               (kill-new result)
+             (insert result))))
         ((and beg end)
          (+web/decode-entities-region beg end))))
-