diff --git a/app/templates/views/guidance/edit-and-format-messages.html b/app/templates/views/guidance/edit-and-format-messages.html
index cf5b869bc..87ad9f342 100644
--- a/app/templates/views/guidance/edit-and-format-messages.html
+++ b/app/templates/views/guidance/edit-and-format-messages.html
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@
 
   <p>Letter templates can include headings and bullets.</p>
 
-  <p>Notify does not allow bold, italics, subheadings, underlined text, HTML formatting or different fonts. This is because they can make it harder for users to read what you’ve written.</p>
+  <p>Notify does not allow bold, italics, subheadings, underlined text or different fonts. This is because they can make it harder for users to read what you’ve written.</p>
 
   <h2 class="heading-medium" id="links">Add links</h2>