rails 3: what does the h() in "content_for(:title) { h(page_title.to_s) }" do?

My app is using a view helper than adds a layout helper that contains the code

content_for(:title) { h(page_title.to_s) }

and I'm trying to modify it somewhat but have开发者_如何学C no idea what the h() means?

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It is an ERB method to escape the HTML. See the ERB docs for more info about it.