diff --git a/src/packages/socket/src/components/ChatView.tsx b/src/packages/socket/src/components/ChatView.tsx
index 771c390f..c3f12c3e 100644
--- a/src/packages/socket/src/components/ChatView.tsx
+++ b/src/packages/socket/src/components/ChatView.tsx
@@ -618,7 +618,7 @@ export const ChatView = memo(({
           message={m}
           meta={meta}
           replyPreviewText={
-            m.reply_to_message_id ? getReplyPreview(replyOriginal ?? null, 100) : null
+            m.reply_to_message_id ? getReplyPreview(replyOriginal ?? null, 100, mentionViewer.channelName) : null
           }
           isMentioned={mentionsViewer(m, currentUserId, massViewer)}
           customEmojiList={customEmojiList}
@@ -649,6 +649,7 @@ export const ChatView = memo(({
       threadMetaById,
       threadMessages,
       messageMap,
+      mentionViewer.channelName,
       currentUserId,
       massViewer,
       customEmojiList,
@@ -848,7 +849,7 @@ export const ChatView = memo(({
                   const replyOriginal = m.reply_to_message_id
                     ? messageMap.get(m.reply_to_message_id) ?? m.reply_original
                     : undefined;
-                  const replyPreviewText = m.reply_to_message_id ? getReplyPreview(replyOriginal ?? null, 100) : null;
+                  const replyPreviewText = m.reply_to_message_id ? getReplyPreview(replyOriginal ?? null, 100, mentionViewer.channelName) : null;
                   const isMentioned = mentionsViewer(m, currentUserId, massViewer);
 
                   /* Your own send is drawn at once and swapped for the server's copy, with a new id
diff --git a/src/packages/socket/src/components/chatViewHelpers.ts b/src/packages/socket/src/components/chatViewHelpers.ts
index f799396c..1788561d 100644
--- a/src/packages/socket/src/components/chatViewHelpers.ts
+++ b/src/packages/socket/src/components/chatViewHelpers.ts
@@ -1,3 +1,6 @@
+import { toPlainNotificationText } from "@/lib/desktopNotification";
+import type { ChannelName } from "@/lib/mentionTokens";
+
 import { nameTagsFor } from "../../../lib/nameTags.ts";
 import type { ChatMessage } from "./chatUtils";
 import { toDate } from "./chatUtils";
@@ -17,9 +20,11 @@ export function getAttachmentPreview(msg: ChatMessage): string {
   return "Attachment";
 }
 
-export function getReplyPreview(msg: ChatMessage | null | undefined, maxLen: number): string {
+/** One line of what a reply answers, as words: mentions read as @name, and markdown is gone. */
+export function getReplyPreview(msg: ChatMessage | null | undefined, maxLen: number, channelName?: ChannelName): string {
   if (!msg) return "Original message";
-  if (msg.text) return msg.text.length > maxLen ? msg.text.slice(0, maxLen) + "..." : msg.text;
+  const text = msg.text ? toPlainNotificationText(msg.text, channelName) : "";
+  if (text) return text.length > maxLen ? text.slice(0, maxLen) + "..." : text;
   return getAttachmentPreview(msg);
 }