diff --git a/changedetectionio/notification.py b/changedetectionio/notification.py
index 4ee520b0f..b4c9ede2c 100644
--- a/changedetectionio/notification.py
+++ b/changedetectionio/notification.py
@@ -67,6 +67,11 @@ def process_notification(n_object, datastore):
                     url += k + 'avatar_url=https://raw.githubusercontent.com/dgtlmoon/changedetection.io/master/changedetectionio/static/images/avatar-256x256.png'
 
                 if url.startswith('tgram://'):
+                    # Telegram only supports a limit subset of HTML, remove the '<br/>' we place in.
+                    # re https://github.com/dgtlmoon/changedetection.io/issues/555
+                    # @todo re-use an existing library we have already imported to strip all non-allowed tags
+                    n_body = n_body.replace('<br/>', '\n')
+                    n_body = n_body.replace('</br>', '\n')
                     # real limit is 4096, but minus some for extra metadata
                     payload_max_size = 3600
                     body_limit = max(0, payload_max_size - len(n_title))
diff --git a/changedetectionio/templates/_common_fields.jinja b/changedetectionio/templates/_common_fields.jinja
index 418abc160..e8f1bd5a1 100644
--- a/changedetectionio/templates/_common_fields.jinja
+++ b/changedetectionio/templates/_common_fields.jinja
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
                                 <li>Use <a target=_new href="https://github.com/caronc/apprise">AppRise URLs</a> for notification to just about any service! <i><a target=_new href="https://github.com/dgtlmoon/changedetection.io/wiki/Notification-configuration-notes">Please read the notification services wiki here for important configuration notes</a></i>.</li>
                                 <li><code>discord://</code> only supports a maximum <strong>2,000 characters</strong> of notification text, including the title.</li>
                                 <li><code>tgram://</code> bots cant send messages to other bots, so you should specify chat ID of non-bot user.</li>
-
+                                <li><code>tgram://</code> only supports very limited HTML and can fail when extra tags are sent, <a href="https://core.telegram.org/bots/api#html-style">read more here</a> (or use plaintext/markdown format)</li>
                               </ul>
                             </div>
                             <br/>