diff --git a/lib/workers/branch/index.ts b/lib/workers/branch/index.ts
index eee1ebced15b1372bca15924a8bb4fb607ea645e..25d05a5cfdf954f91c00387aee2f98537a227ccb 100644
--- a/lib/workers/branch/index.ts
+++ b/lib/workers/branch/index.ts
@@ -619,6 +619,7 @@ export async function processBranch(
           content += `##### File name: ${error.lockFile}\n\n`;
           content += `\`\`\`\n${error.stderr}\n\`\`\`\n\n`;
         });
+        content = platform.getPrBody(content);
         if (
           !(
             config.suppressNotifications.includes('artifactErrors') ||
diff --git a/lib/workers/pr/index.ts b/lib/workers/pr/index.ts
index ed4412a7830eca39891b4d1dc444d99cc1eced0a..40a3cac68625370e62019ae9b2dace407c3b5c90 100644
--- a/lib/workers/pr/index.ts
+++ b/lib/workers/pr/index.ts
@@ -425,6 +425,7 @@ export async function ensurePr(
       if (config.branchAutomergeFailureMessage === 'branch status error') {
         content += '\n___\n * Branch has one or more failed status checks';
       }
+      content = platform.getPrBody(content);
       logger.debug('Adding branch automerge failure message to PR');
       // istanbul ignore if
       if (config.dryRun) {