diff --git a/src/components/ReportActionItem/TaskAction.tsx b/src/components/ReportActionItem/TaskAction.tsx
index e85a2e708feb..a782d3e9e051 100644
--- a/src/components/ReportActionItem/TaskAction.tsx
+++ b/src/components/ReportActionItem/TaskAction.tsx
@@ -18,7 +18,11 @@ function TaskAction({action}: TaskActionProps) {
 
     return (
         <View style={[styles.flex1, styles.flexRow, styles.alignItemsCenter, styles.breakWord, styles.preWrap]}>
-            {message.html ? <RenderHTML html={`<muted-text>${message.html}</muted-text>`} /> : <Text style={[styles.chatItemMessage, styles.colorMuted]}>{message.text}</Text>}
+            {message.html ? (
+                <RenderHTML html={`<comment><muted-text>${message.html}</muted-text></comment>`} />
+            ) : (
+                <Text style={[styles.chatItemMessage, styles.colorMuted]}>{message.text}</Text>
+            )}
         </View>
     );
 }
diff --git a/src/components/ReportActionItem/TaskView.tsx b/src/components/ReportActionItem/TaskView.tsx
index ee3097e051b2..9ddcecf8f098 100644
--- a/src/components/ReportActionItem/TaskView.tsx
+++ b/src/components/ReportActionItem/TaskView.tsx
@@ -135,7 +135,7 @@ function TaskView({report, ...props}: TaskViewProps) {
                 </Hoverable>
                 <OfflineWithFeedback pendingAction={report.pendingFields?.description}>
                     <MenuItemWithTopDescription
-                        shouldParseTitle
+                        shouldRenderAsHTML
                         description={translate('task.description')}
                         title={report.description ?? ''}
                         onPress={() => Navigation.navigate(ROUTES.REPORT_DESCRIPTION.getRoute(report.reportID))}
diff --git a/src/libs/ReportUtils.ts b/src/libs/ReportUtils.ts
index 9c5e437a874e..ea94e2030d1c 100644
--- a/src/libs/ReportUtils.ts
+++ b/src/libs/ReportUtils.ts
@@ -4539,7 +4539,7 @@ function buildOptimisticEditedTaskFieldReportAction({title, description}: Task):
             {
                 type: CONST.REPORT.MESSAGE.TYPE.COMMENT,
                 text: changelog,
-                html: changelog,
+                html: description ? getParsedComment(changelog) : changelog,
             },
         ],
         person: [
diff --git a/src/libs/actions/Task.ts b/src/libs/actions/Task.ts
index fab1374ebea6..08f04688e28a 100644
--- a/src/libs/actions/Task.ts
+++ b/src/libs/actions/Task.ts
@@ -438,7 +438,7 @@ function editTask(report: OnyxTypes.Report, {title, description}: OnyxTypes.Task
     const reportName = (title ?? report?.reportName)?.trim();
 
     // Description can be unset, so we default to an empty string if so
-    const reportDescription = (description ?? report.description ?? '').trim();
+    const reportDescription = ReportUtils.getParsedComment((description ?? report.description ?? '').trim());
 
     const optimisticData: OnyxUpdate[] = [
         {
diff --git a/src/pages/tasks/TaskDescriptionPage.tsx b/src/pages/tasks/TaskDescriptionPage.tsx
index 58fddda73bd2..c48746c81239 100644
--- a/src/pages/tasks/TaskDescriptionPage.tsx
+++ b/src/pages/tasks/TaskDescriptionPage.tsx
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ function TaskDescriptionPage({report, currentUserPersonalDetails}: TaskDescripti
 
     const submit = useCallback(
         (values: FormOnyxValues<typeof ONYXKEYS.FORMS.EDIT_TASK_FORM>) => {
-            if (parser.htmlToMarkdown(parser.replace(values.description)) !== parser.htmlToMarkdown(parser.replace(report?.description ?? '')) && !isEmptyObject(report)) {
+            if (values.description !== parser.htmlToMarkdown(report?.description ?? '') && !isEmptyObject(report)) {
                 // Set the description of the report in the store and then call EditTask API
                 // to update the description of the report on the server
                 Task.editTask(report, {description: values.description});
@@ -110,7 +110,7 @@ function TaskDescriptionPage({report, currentUserPersonalDetails}: TaskDescripti
                             name={INPUT_IDS.DESCRIPTION}
                             label={translate('newTaskPage.descriptionOptional')}
                             accessibilityLabel={translate('newTaskPage.descriptionOptional')}
-                            defaultValue={parser.htmlToMarkdown((report && parser.replace(report?.description ?? '')) || '')}
+                            defaultValue={parser.htmlToMarkdown(report?.description ?? '')}
                             ref={(element: AnimatedTextInputRef) => {
                                 if (!element) {
                                     return;