diff --git a/kallithea/lib/helpers.py b/kallithea/lib/helpers.py
--- a/kallithea/lib/helpers.py
+++ b/kallithea/lib/helpers.py
@@ -1428,7 +1428,7 @@ def render_w_mentions(source, repo_name=
         s = urlify_changesets(s, repo_name)
     s = urlify_issues(s, repo_name)
     s = MENTIONS_REGEX.sub(_mentions_replace, s)
-    return literal('<code style="white-space:pre-wrap">%s</code>' % s)
+    return literal('<div class="formatted-fixed">%s</div>' % s)
 
 
 def short_ref(ref_type, ref_name):
diff --git a/kallithea/templates/email_templates/pull_request.html b/kallithea/templates/email_templates/pull_request.html
--- a/kallithea/templates/email_templates/pull_request.html
+++ b/kallithea/templates/email_templates/pull_request.html
@@ -10,10 +10,10 @@
 <p>${_('URL')}: <a href="${pr_url}">${pr_url}</a></p>
 
 <p>${_('Description')}:</p>
-<p style="white-space: pre-wrap;">${body}</p>
+<p style="white-space: pre-wrap; font-family: monospace">${body}</p>
 
 <p>${_('Changesets')}:</p>
-<p style="white-space: pre-wrap;">
+<p style="white-space: pre-wrap">
 %for r,r_msg in pr_revisions:
 <i><a href="${h.canonical_url('changeset_home', repo_name=org_repo_name, revision=r)}">${h.short_id(r)}</a></i>:
 ${h.shorter(r_msg, 256)}