diff --git a/app/views/email_rejection_mailer/rejection.html.haml b/app/views/email_rejection_mailer/rejection.html.haml
index 84b040d8cbc..7f7d841fe21 100644
--- a/app/views/email_rejection_mailer/rejection.html.haml
+++ b/app/views/email_rejection_mailer/rejection.html.haml
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
 %p
   Unfortunately, your email message to GitLab could not be processed.
 
-%p
-  = markdown @reason
+= markdown @reason