diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index 546570c21..fa353b2bb 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ Bug fixes
  - disable file paste support in mail editor (#2641)
  - fixed copying/moving messages to a mail folder begining with a digit (#2658)
  - fixed unseen count for folders beginning with a digit and used in Sieve filters (#2652)
+ - fixed decoding of HTML entities in reminder alerts (#2659)
 
 2.2.1 (2014-03-07)
 ------------------
diff --git a/UI/WebServerResources/generic.js b/UI/WebServerResources/generic.js
index f6a9e4888..5a9b2054a 100644
--- a/UI/WebServerResources/generic.js
+++ b/UI/WebServerResources/generic.js
@@ -1477,7 +1477,7 @@ function showAlarmCallback(http) {
             if (data["description"].length)
                 msg += "\n\n" + data["description"];
 
-            window.alert(msg.unescapeHTML());
+            window.alert(msg.decodeEntities());
             showSelectDialog(data["summary"], _('Snooze for '),
                              { '5': _('5 minutes'),
                                '10': _('10 minutes'),