diff --git a/lib/shared/messages/text-message-spec.js b/lib/shared/messages/text-message-spec.js
--- a/lib/shared/messages/text-message-spec.js
+++ b/lib/shared/messages/text-message-spec.js
@@ -40,7 +40,10 @@
   stripSpoilersFromNotifications,
   stripSpoilersFromMarkdownAST,
 } from '../markdown.js';
-import { isUserMentioned } from '../mention-utils.js';
+import {
+  isUserMentioned,
+  renderChatMentionsWithAltText,
+} from '../mention-utils.js';
 import { notifTextsForSidebarCreation } from '../notif-utils.js';
 import {
   threadIsGroupChat,
@@ -244,22 +247,22 @@
       messageInfo.type === messageTypes.TEXT,
       'messageInfo should be messageTypes.TEXT!',
     );
-    const notificationTextWithoutSpoilers = stripSpoilersFromNotifications(
-      messageInfo.text,
+    const transformedNotificationText = stripSpoilersFromNotifications(
+      renderChatMentionsWithAltText(messageInfo.text),
     );
     if (!threadInfo.name && !threadIsGroupChat(threadInfo)) {
       const thread = ET.thread({ display: 'uiName', threadInfo });
       return {
-        merged: ET`${thread}: ${notificationTextWithoutSpoilers}`,
-        body: notificationTextWithoutSpoilers,
+        merged: ET`${thread}: ${transformedNotificationText}`,
+        body: transformedNotificationText,
         title: threadInfo.uiName,
       };
     } else {
       const creator = ET.user({ userInfo: messageInfo.creator });
       const thread = ET.thread({ display: 'shortName', threadInfo });
       return {
-        merged: ET`${creator} to ${thread}: ${notificationTextWithoutSpoilers}`,
-        body: notificationTextWithoutSpoilers,
+        merged: ET`${creator} to ${thread}: ${transformedNotificationText}`,
+        body: transformedNotificationText,
         title: threadInfo.uiName,
         prefix: ET`${creator}:`,
       };