diff --git a/src/applications/tokens/feed/PhabricatorTokenGivenFeedStory.php b/src/applications/tokens/feed/PhabricatorTokenGivenFeedStory.php
index d448f0b989..370a54c55d 100644
--- a/src/applications/tokens/feed/PhabricatorTokenGivenFeedStory.php
+++ b/src/applications/tokens/feed/PhabricatorTokenGivenFeedStory.php
@@ -1,50 +1,54 @@
 <?php
 
 final class PhabricatorTokenGivenFeedStory
   extends PhabricatorFeedStory {
 
   public function getPrimaryObjectPHID() {
     return $this->getValue('objectPHID');
   }
 
   public function getRequiredHandlePHIDs() {
     $phids = array();
     $phids[] = $this->getValue('objectPHID');
     $phids[] = $this->getValue('authorPHID');
     return $phids;
   }
 
   public function getRequiredObjectPHIDs() {
     $phids = array();
     $phids[] = $this->getValue('tokenPHID');
     return $phids;
   }
 
   public function renderView() {
     $view = $this->newStoryView();
     $view->setAppIcon('token-dark');
     $author_phid = $this->getValue('authorPHID');
 
     $href = $this->getHandle($this->getPrimaryObjectPHID())->getURI();
     $view->setHref($href);
 
     $token = $this->getObject($this->getValue('tokenPHID'));
 
     $title = pht(
       '%s awarded %s a %s token.',
       $this->linkTo($this->getValue('authorPHID')),
       $this->linkTo($this->getValue('objectPHID')),
       $token->getName());
 
     $view->setTitle($title);
     $view->setImage($this->getHandle($author_phid)->getImageURI());
 
     return $view;
   }
 
   public function renderText() {
     // TODO: This is grotesque; the feed notification handler relies on it.
-    return strip_tags(hsprintf('%s', $this->renderView()->render()));
+    return htmlspecialchars_decode(
+      strip_tags(
+        hsprintf(
+          '%s',
+          $this->renderView()->render())));
   }
 
 }
diff --git a/src/applications/transactions/feed/PhabricatorApplicationTransactionFeedStory.php b/src/applications/transactions/feed/PhabricatorApplicationTransactionFeedStory.php
index 3b556b8489..a5af332ff3 100644
--- a/src/applications/transactions/feed/PhabricatorApplicationTransactionFeedStory.php
+++ b/src/applications/transactions/feed/PhabricatorApplicationTransactionFeedStory.php
@@ -1,72 +1,76 @@
 <?php
 
 /**
  * @concrete-extensible
  */
 class PhabricatorApplicationTransactionFeedStory
   extends PhabricatorFeedStory {
 
   public function getPrimaryObjectPHID() {
     return $this->getValue('objectPHID');
   }
 
   public function getRequiredObjectPHIDs() {
     return $this->getValue('transactionPHIDs');
   }
 
   public function getRequiredHandlePHIDs() {
     $phids = array();
     $phids[] = $this->getValue('objectPHID');
     foreach ($this->getValue('transactionPHIDs') as $xaction_phid) {
       $xaction = $this->getObject($xaction_phid);
       foreach ($xaction->getRequiredHandlePHIDs() as $handle_phid) {
         $phids[] = $handle_phid;
       }
     }
     return $phids;
   }
 
   protected function getPrimaryTransactionPHID() {
     return head($this->getValue('transactionPHIDs'));
   }
 
   protected function getPrimaryTransaction() {
     return $this->getObject($this->getPrimaryTransactionPHID());
   }
 
   public function renderView() {
     $view = $this->newStoryView();
 
     $handle = $this->getHandle($this->getPrimaryObjectPHID());
     $view->setHref($handle->getURI());
 
     $view->setAppIconFromPHID($handle->getPHID());
 
     $xaction_phids = $this->getValue('transactionPHIDs');
     $xaction = $this->getPrimaryTransaction();
 
     $xaction->setHandles($this->getHandles());
     $view->setTitle($xaction->getTitleForFeed($this));
 
     foreach ($xaction_phids as $xaction_phid) {
       $secondary_xaction = $this->getObject($xaction_phid);
       $secondary_xaction->setHandles($this->getHandles());
 
       $body = $secondary_xaction->getBodyForFeed($this);
       if (nonempty($body)) {
         $view->appendChild($body);
       }
     }
 
     $view->setImage(
       $this->getHandle($xaction->getAuthorPHID())->getImageURI());
 
     return $view;
   }
 
   public function renderText() {
     // TODO: This is grotesque; the feed notification handler relies on it.
-    return strip_tags(hsprintf('%s', $this->renderView()->render()));
+    return htmlspecialchars_decode(
+      strip_tags(
+        hsprintf(
+          '%s',
+          $this->renderView()->render())));
   }
 
 }