diff --git a/frappe/public/js/frappe/form/footer/version_timeline_content_builder.js b/frappe/public/js/frappe/form/footer/version_timeline_content_builder.js
index f69ddaae60c..33c87e458af 100644
--- a/frappe/public/js/frappe/form/footer/version_timeline_content_builder.js
+++ b/frappe/public/js/frappe/form/footer/version_timeline_content_builder.js
@@ -224,6 +224,7 @@ function format_content_for_timeline(content) {
 	// limits content to 40 characters
 	// escapes HTML
 	// and makes it bold
+	content = frappe.utils.html2text(content);
 	content = frappe.ellipsis(content, 40) || '""';
 	content = frappe.utils.escape_html(content);
 	return content.bold();