diff --git a/app/views/notify/new_mention_in_issue_email.html.haml b/app/views/notify/new_mention_in_issue_email.html.haml
index f42b150c0d6..4f3d36bd9ca 100644
--- a/app/views/notify/new_mention_in_issue_email.html.haml
+++ b/app/views/notify/new_mention_in_issue_email.html.haml
@@ -1,3 +1,6 @@
+%p
+  You have been mentioned in an issue.
+
 - if current_application_settings.email_author_in_body
   %div
     #{link_to @issue.author_name, user_url(@issue.author)} wrote:
diff --git a/app/views/notify/new_mention_in_merge_request_email.html.haml b/app/views/notify/new_mention_in_merge_request_email.html.haml
index 158404de396..32aedb9e6b9 100644
--- a/app/views/notify/new_mention_in_merge_request_email.html.haml
+++ b/app/views/notify/new_mention_in_merge_request_email.html.haml
@@ -1,3 +1,6 @@
+%p
+  You have been mentioned in Merge Request #{@merge_request.to_reference}
+
 - if current_application_settings.email_author_in_body
   %div
     #{link_to @merge_request.author_name, user_url(@merge_request.author)} wrote: