diff --git a/CHANGES.txt b/CHANGES.txt
index b4f6b3f..2ba3bf8 100644
--- a/CHANGES.txt
+++ b/CHANGES.txt
@@ -4,6 +4,11 @@ Changelog
 1.0RC1 (unreleased)
 -------------------
 
+- Use safe_unicode to decode the title of the content. encode("utf-9") caused 
+  Dexterity based content types to raise a unicode decode error. This fixes 
+  http://dev.plone.org/plone/ticket/11292
+  [dukebody] 
+
 - Spanish translation updated.
   [dukebody]
 
@@ -19,6 +24,7 @@ Changelog
 - Updated italian translation.
   [keul]
 
+
 1.0b12 (2010-11-04)
 -------------------
 
diff --git a/plone/app/discussion/comment.py b/plone/app/discussion/comment.py
index f3fb0a1..f89f0f3 100644
--- a/plone/app/discussion/comment.py
+++ b/plone/app/discussion/comment.py
@@ -27,6 +27,8 @@ from persistent import Persistent
 from Products.CMFCore.DynamicType import DynamicType
 from Products.CMFCore.utils import getToolByName
 
+from Products.CMFPlone.utils import safe_unicode
+
 from OFS.Traversable import Traversable
 
 from plone.registry.interfaces import IRegistry
@@ -137,7 +139,7 @@ class Comment(CatalogAware, WorkflowAware, DynamicType, Traversable,
         title = translate(
             Message(COMMENT_TITLE,
                     mapping={'creator': creator,
-                             'content': content.Title().decode("utf-8")}))
+                             'content': safe_unicode(content.Title())}))
         return title
     
     def Creator(self):