diff --git a/src/applications/transactions/storage/PhabricatorModularTransaction.php b/src/applications/transactions/storage/PhabricatorModularTransaction.php
--- a/src/applications/transactions/storage/PhabricatorModularTransaction.php
+++ b/src/applications/transactions/storage/PhabricatorModularTransaction.php
@@ -98,6 +98,15 @@
     return parent::getTitle();
   }
 
+  public function getTitleForMail() {
+    $old_target = $this->getRenderingTarget();
+    $new_target = self::TARGET_TEXT;
+    $this->setRenderingTarget($new_target);
+    $title = $this->getTitle();
+    $this->setRenderingTarget($old_target);
+    return $title;
+  }
+
   final public function getTitleForFeed() {
     $title = $this->getTransactionImplementation()->getTitleForFeed();
     if ($title !== null) {