diff --git a/lms/djangoapps/discussion/rest_api/discussions_notifications.py b/lms/djangoapps/discussion/rest_api/discussions_notifications.py
index b1bc6aa954..57e231b966 100644
--- a/lms/djangoapps/discussion/rest_api/discussions_notifications.py
+++ b/lms/djangoapps/discussion/rest_api/discussions_notifications.py
@@ -373,7 +373,8 @@ class DiscussionNotificationSender:
         context = {
             'username': self.thread.username,
             'content_type': content_type,
-            'content': thread_body
+            'content': thread_body,
+            'email_content': clean_thread_html_body(thread_body)
         }
         audience_filters = {'discussion_roles': [
             FORUM_ROLE_ADMINISTRATOR, FORUM_ROLE_MODERATOR, FORUM_ROLE_COMMUNITY_TA
diff --git a/lms/djangoapps/discussion/rest_api/tests/test_discussions_notifications.py b/lms/djangoapps/discussion/rest_api/tests/test_discussions_notifications.py
index 9e4a76aa40..5e0640c64e 100644
--- a/lms/djangoapps/discussion/rest_api/tests/test_discussions_notifications.py
+++ b/lms/djangoapps/discussion/rest_api/tests/test_discussions_notifications.py
@@ -47,7 +47,8 @@ class TestDiscussionNotificationSender(unittest.TestCase):
         self.assertEqual(context, {
             'username': self.thread.username,
             'content_type': expected_content_type,
-            'content': 'Thread body'
+            'content': 'Thread body',
+            'email_content': 'Thread body',
         })
         self.assertEqual(audience_filters, {
             'discussion_roles': ['Administrator', 'Moderator', 'Community TA']