diff --git a/app/views/receipt_mailer/receipt_email.html.erb b/app/views/receipt_mailer/receipt_email.html.erb
index 25efb956..23efd91f 100644
--- a/app/views/receipt_mailer/receipt_email.html.erb
+++ b/app/views/receipt_mailer/receipt_email.html.erb
@@ -35,6 +35,7 @@ The information we have on record is listed below.</p>
 <strong>License:</strong> <%= @thesis.license_id? ? @thesis.license.display_description : "" %><br>
 <strong>Thesis supervisors:</strong> <%= @thesis.advisors.map { |a| a.name }.join('; ') %><br>
 <strong>Abstract:</strong> <%= @thesis.abstract %><br>
+<strong>Formatted abstract:</strong> <%= simple_format(@thesis.abstract) %><br>
 <strong>Notes:</strong> <%= @thesis.author_note %><br>
 </p>