diff --git a/aleksis/core/templates/core/index.html b/aleksis/core/templates/core/index.html
index b690155f010e932cdb35e80eac639e18fc38bd27..70103f517963f3a9e306e43c9212ac856594b229 100644
--- a/aleksis/core/templates/core/index.html
+++ b/aleksis/core/templates/core/index.html
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@
         </div>
 
         <strong>{{ notification.title }}</strong>
-        <p>{{ notification.description }}</p>
+        <p>{{ notification.description|linebreaks }}</p>
       </div>
     </div>
   {% endfor %}
diff --git a/aleksis/core/templates/core/notifications.html b/aleksis/core/templates/core/notifications.html
index a49bc9e8e2a8ad87041acbf20e79e0486714cde6..499bbcc4c866142ce9062efd75fab039dbd303f6 100644
--- a/aleksis/core/templates/core/notifications.html
+++ b/aleksis/core/templates/core/notifications.html
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@
             <i class="material-icons left">access_time</i> {{ notification.created }}
           </p>
           <p>
-            {{ notification.description }}
+            {{ notification.description|linebreaks }}
           </p>
           {% if notification.link %}
             <p>
diff --git a/aleksis/core/templates/templated_email/notification.email b/aleksis/core/templates/templated_email/notification.email
index 0e5d9bdee3c8bd9ec3df5c9d008ae68d1f274c23..68a3e79570d1ba93013f2287b6d96cf8679a3572 100644
--- a/aleksis/core/templates/templated_email/notification.email
+++ b/aleksis/core/templates/templated_email/notification.email
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@
 
     <blockquote>
         <h5>{{ notification.title }}</h5>
-        <p>{{ notification.description }}</p>
+        <p>{{ notification.description|linebreaks }}</p>
         {% if notification.link %}
             <a href="{{ notification.link }}">{% trans "More information" %} →</a>
         {% endif %}