diff --git a/app/views/mailer/_issue.text.erb b/app/views/mailer/_issue.text.erb
index bea2a5813..427b6a890 100644
--- a/app/views/mailer/_issue.text.erb
+++ b/app/views/mailer/_issue.text.erb
@@ -1,13 +1,13 @@
 <%= "#{issue.tracker.name} ##{issue.id}: #{issue.subject}" %>
 <%= issue_url %>
 
-<%=l(:field_author)%>: <%= issue.author %>
-<%=l(:field_status)%>: <%= issue.status %>
-<%=l(:field_priority)%>: <%= issue.priority %>
-<%=l(:field_assigned_to)%>: <%= issue.assigned_to %>
-<%=l(:field_category)%>: <%= issue.category %>
-<%=l(:field_fixed_version)%>: <%= issue.fixed_version %>
-<% issue.custom_field_values.each do |c| %><%= c.custom_field.name %>: <%= show_value(c) %>
-<% end %>
-
+* <%=l(:field_author)%>: <%= issue.author %>
+* <%=l(:field_status)%>: <%= issue.status %>
+* <%=l(:field_priority)%>: <%= issue.priority %>
+* <%=l(:field_assigned_to)%>: <%= issue.assigned_to %>
+* <%=l(:field_category)%>: <%= issue.category %>
+* <%=l(:field_fixed_version)%>: <%= issue.fixed_version %>
+<% issue.custom_field_values.each do |c| %>* <%= c.custom_field.name %>: <%= show_value(c) %>
+<% end -%>
+----------------------------------------
 <%= issue.description %>
diff --git a/app/views/mailer/issue_edit.text.erb b/app/views/mailer/issue_edit.text.erb
index 1f7e7dc32..0f7ee51f5 100644
--- a/app/views/mailer/issue_edit.text.erb
+++ b/app/views/mailer/issue_edit.text.erb
@@ -4,6 +4,9 @@
 <%= string %>
 <% end -%>
 
-<%= @journal.notes if @journal.notes? %>
+<% if @journal.notes? -%>
+<%= @journal.notes %>
+
+<% end -%>
 ----------------------------------------
 <%= render :partial => "issue.text.erb", :locals => { :issue => @issue, :issue_url => @issue_url } %>