diff --git a/wp-includes/pluggable.php b/wp-includes/pluggable.php
index 0bbd91b6b7..ecacab460e 100644
--- a/wp-includes/pluggable.php
+++ b/wp-includes/pluggable.php
@@ -1457,14 +1457,15 @@ function wp_notify_postauthor( $comment_id, $deprecated = null ) {
 	// The blogname option is escaped with esc_html on the way into the database in sanitize_option
 	// we want to reverse this for the plain text arena of emails.
 	$blogname = wp_specialchars_decode(get_option('blogname'), ENT_QUOTES);
-
+	$comment_content = wp_specialchars_decode( $comment->comment_content );
+	
 	switch ( $comment->comment_type ) {
 		case 'trackback':
 			$notify_message  = sprintf( __( 'New trackback on your post "%s"' ), $post->post_title ) . "\r\n";
 			/* translators: 1: website name, 2: website IP, 3: website hostname */
 			$notify_message .= sprintf( __('Website: %1$s (IP: %2$s, %3$s)'), $comment->comment_author, $comment->comment_author_IP, $comment_author_domain ) . "\r\n";
 			$notify_message .= sprintf( __( 'URL: %s' ), $comment->comment_author_url ) . "\r\n";
-			$notify_message .= sprintf( __( 'Comment: %s' ), "\r\n" . $comment->comment_content ) . "\r\n\r\n";
+			$notify_message .= sprintf( __( 'Comment: %s' ), "\r\n" . $comment_content ) . "\r\n\r\n";
 			$notify_message .= __( 'You can see all trackbacks on this post here:' ) . "\r\n";
 			/* translators: 1: blog name, 2: post title */
 			$subject = sprintf( __('[%1$s] Trackback: "%2$s"'), $blogname, $post->post_title );
@@ -1474,7 +1475,7 @@ function wp_notify_postauthor( $comment_id, $deprecated = null ) {
 			/* translators: 1: website name, 2: website IP, 3: website hostname */
 			$notify_message .= sprintf( __('Website: %1$s (IP: %2$s, %3$s)'), $comment->comment_author, $comment->comment_author_IP, $comment_author_domain ) . "\r\n";
 			$notify_message .= sprintf( __( 'URL: %s' ), $comment->comment_author_url ) . "\r\n";
-			$notify_message .= sprintf( __( 'Comment: %s' ), "\r\n" . $comment->comment_content ) . "\r\n\r\n";
+			$notify_message .= sprintf( __( 'Comment: %s' ), "\r\n" . $comment_content ) . "\r\n\r\n";
 			$notify_message .= __( 'You can see all pingbacks on this post here:' ) . "\r\n";
 			/* translators: 1: blog name, 2: post title */
 			$subject = sprintf( __('[%1$s] Pingback: "%2$s"'), $blogname, $post->post_title );
@@ -1485,7 +1486,7 @@ function wp_notify_postauthor( $comment_id, $deprecated = null ) {
 			$notify_message .= sprintf( __( 'Author: %1$s (IP: %2$s, %3$s)' ), $comment->comment_author, $comment->comment_author_IP, $comment_author_domain ) . "\r\n";
 			$notify_message .= sprintf( __( 'Email: %s' ), $comment->comment_author_email ) . "\r\n";
 			$notify_message .= sprintf( __( 'URL: %s' ), $comment->comment_author_url ) . "\r\n";
-			$notify_message .= sprintf( __('Comment: %s' ), "\r\n" . $comment->comment_content ) . "\r\n\r\n";
+			$notify_message .= sprintf( __('Comment: %s' ), "\r\n" . $comment_content ) . "\r\n\r\n";
 			$notify_message .= __( 'You can see all comments on this post here:' ) . "\r\n";
 			/* translators: 1: blog name, 2: post title */
 			$subject = sprintf( __('[%1$s] Comment: "%2$s"'), $blogname, $post->post_title );
@@ -1608,6 +1609,7 @@ function wp_notify_moderator($comment_id) {
 	// The blogname option is escaped with esc_html on the way into the database in sanitize_option
 	// we want to reverse this for the plain text arena of emails.
 	$blogname = wp_specialchars_decode(get_option('blogname'), ENT_QUOTES);
+	$comment_content = wp_specialchars_decode( $comment->comment_content );
 
 	switch ( $comment->comment_type ) {
 		case 'trackback':
@@ -1616,7 +1618,7 @@ function wp_notify_moderator($comment_id) {
 			/* translators: 1: website name, 2: website IP, 3: website hostname */
 			$notify_message .= sprintf( __( 'Website: %1$s (IP: %2$s, %3$s)' ), $comment->comment_author, $comment->comment_author_IP, $comment_author_domain ) . "\r\n";
 			$notify_message .= sprintf( __( 'URL: %s' ), $comment->comment_author_url ) . "\r\n";
-			$notify_message .= __('Trackback excerpt: ') . "\r\n" . $comment->comment_content . "\r\n\r\n";
+			$notify_message .= __('Trackback excerpt: ') . "\r\n" . $comment_content . "\r\n\r\n";
 			break;
 		case 'pingback':
 			$notify_message  = sprintf( __('A new pingback on the post "%s" is waiting for your approval'), $post->post_title ) . "\r\n";
@@ -1624,7 +1626,7 @@ function wp_notify_moderator($comment_id) {
 			/* translators: 1: website name, 2: website IP, 3: website hostname */
 			$notify_message .= sprintf( __( 'Website: %1$s (IP: %2$s, %3$s)' ), $comment->comment_author, $comment->comment_author_IP, $comment_author_domain ) . "\r\n";
 			$notify_message .= sprintf( __( 'URL: %s' ), $comment->comment_author_url ) . "\r\n";
-			$notify_message .= __('Pingback excerpt: ') . "\r\n" . $comment->comment_content . "\r\n\r\n";
+			$notify_message .= __('Pingback excerpt: ') . "\r\n" . $comment_content . "\r\n\r\n";
 			break;
 		default: // Comments
 			$notify_message  = sprintf( __('A new comment on the post "%s" is waiting for your approval'), $post->post_title ) . "\r\n";
@@ -1632,7 +1634,7 @@ function wp_notify_moderator($comment_id) {
 			$notify_message .= sprintf( __( 'Author: %1$s (IP: %2$s, %3$s)' ), $comment->comment_author, $comment->comment_author_IP, $comment_author_domain ) . "\r\n";
 			$notify_message .= sprintf( __( 'Email: %s' ), $comment->comment_author_email ) . "\r\n";
 			$notify_message .= sprintf( __( 'URL: %s' ), $comment->comment_author_url ) . "\r\n";
-			$notify_message .= sprintf( __( 'Comment: %s' ), "\r\n" . $comment->comment_content ) . "\r\n\r\n";
+			$notify_message .= sprintf( __( 'Comment: %s' ), "\r\n" . $comment_content ) . "\r\n\r\n";
 			break;
 	}
 
diff --git a/wp-includes/version.php b/wp-includes/version.php
index 214d947d6e..78a00e65c9 100644
--- a/wp-includes/version.php
+++ b/wp-includes/version.php
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
  *
  * @global string $wp_version
  */
-$wp_version = '4.4-beta1-35414';
+$wp_version = '4.4-beta1-35415';
 
 /**
  * Holds the WordPress DB revision, increments when changes are made to the WordPress DB schema.