diff --git a/CHANGELOG b/CHANGELOG
index 7985ded63a6..56e64d7bbe4 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG
+++ b/CHANGELOG
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ v 7.10.0 (unreleased)
   - Allow users to be invited by email to join a group or project.
   - Don't crash when project repository doesn't exist.
   - Add config var to block auto-created LDAP users.
+  - Don't use HTML ellipsis in EmailsOnPush subject truncated commit message.
   - Fix broken file browsing with a submodule that contains a relative link (Stan Hu)
   - Fix persistent XSS vulnerability around profile website URLs.
   - Fix project import URL regex to prevent arbitary local repos from being imported.
diff --git a/app/models/commit.rb b/app/models/commit.rb
index 7a0ad137650..006fa62c8f9 100644
--- a/app/models/commit.rb
+++ b/app/models/commit.rb
@@ -77,7 +77,7 @@ class Commit
 
     title_end = title.index("\n")
     if (!title_end && title.length > 100) || (title_end && title_end > 100)
-      title[0..79] << "&hellip;".html_safe
+      title[0..79] << "…"
     else
       title.split("\n", 2).first
     end
@@ -90,7 +90,7 @@ class Commit
     title_end = safe_message.index("\n")
     @description ||=
       if (!title_end && safe_message.length > 100) || (title_end && title_end > 100)
-        "&hellip;".html_safe << safe_message[80..-1]
+        "…" << safe_message[80..-1]
       else
         safe_message.split("\n", 2)[1].try(:chomp)
       end
diff --git a/spec/models/commit_spec.rb b/spec/models/commit_spec.rb
index 8b3d88640da..11cc7762ce4 100644
--- a/spec/models/commit_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/models/commit_spec.rb
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ describe Commit do
       message = 'Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit. Donec sodales id felis id blandit. Vivamus egestas lacinia lacus, sed rutrum mauris.'
 
       allow(commit).to receive(:safe_message).and_return(message)
-      expect(commit.title).to eq("#{message[0..79]}&hellip;")
+      expect(commit.title).to eq("#{message[0..79]}…")
     end
 
     it "truncates a message with a newline before 80 characters at the newline" do