diff --git a/Echo.i18n.php b/Echo.i18n.php
index 6512b4629..762ee1135 100644
--- a/Echo.i18n.php
+++ b/Echo.i18n.php
@@ -72,7 +72,6 @@ $messages['en'] = array(
 	'notification-user-rights-flyout' => 'Your user rights were {{GENDER:$1|changed}} by <b>$1</b>. $2. [[Special:ListGroupRights|Learn more]]',
 	'notification-user-rights-add' => 'You are now a member of {{PLURAL:$2|this group|these groups}}: $1',
 	'notification-user-rights-remove' => 'You are no longer a member of {{PLURAL:$2|this group|these groups}}: $1',
-	'notification-talkpage-content' => '$1', ## Do not translate unless you deliberately want to change behaviour
 	'notification-new-user' => "Welcome to {{SITENAME}}, $1! We're glad you're here.",
 	'notification-reverted2' => 'Your {{PLURAL:$4|edit on [[:$2]] has|edits on [[:$2]] have}} been {{GENDER:$1|reverted}} by [[User:$1|$1]] $3',
 	'notification-reverted-flyout2' => 'Your {{PLURAL:$4|edit on <b>$2</b> has|edits on <b>$2</b> have}} been {{GENDER:$1|reverted}} by <b>$1</b> $3',
@@ -345,10 +344,6 @@ Parameters:
 	'notification-user-rights-remove' => 'Message indicating that a user was removed from a user group.  Parameters:
 * $1 is a comma separated list of user group names
 * $2 is the number of user groups, this is used for PLURAL support',
-	'notification-talkpage-content' => 'Message shown as the "content" of a talkpage-related action.
-* $1 is the content of the talk page post.
-
-{{optional}}',
 	'notification-new-user' => 'Text of the welcome notification. Parameters:
 * $1 - the name of the new user
 See also:
@@ -3236,14 +3231,14 @@ $1',
 	'notification-page-linked-email-batch-bundle-body' => '$2 എന്ന താളിലേയ്ക്ക് $3 എന്ന താളിൽ നിന്നും മറ്റ് $4 {{PLURAL:$5|താളിൽ|താളുകളിൽ}} നിന്നും {{GENDER:$1|കണ്ണി ചേർക്കപ്പെട്ടിരിക്കുന്നു}}',
 	'echo-email-batch-subject-daily' => 'താങ്കൾക്ക് ഇന്ന് {{PLURAL:$2|പുതിയ ഒരറിയിപ്പ്|പുതിയ അറിയിപ്പുകൾ}} ഉണ്ട്',
 	'echo-email-batch-subject-weekly' => 'താങ്കൾക്ക് ഈ ആഴ്ച {{PLURAL:$2|പുതിയ ഒരറിയിപ്പ്|പുതിയ അറിയിപ്പുകൾ}} ഉണ്ട്',
-	'echo-email-batch-body-daily' => '$1, 
+	'echo-email-batch-body-daily' => '$1,
 
 താങ്കൾക്ക് ഇന്ന്  {{SITENAME}} സംരംഭത്തിൽ {{PLURAL:$3|പുതിയ ഒരു അറിയിപ്പ്|പുതിയ അറിയിപ്പുകൾ}} ഉണ്ട്. {{PLURAL:$3|അത്|അവ}} ഇവിടെ കാണുക: {{canonicalurl:{{#special:Notifications}}}}
 
 $4
 
 $5',
-	'echo-email-batch-body-weekly' => '$1, 
+	'echo-email-batch-body-weekly' => '$1,
 
 താങ്കൾക്ക് ഈ ആഴ്ച  {{SITENAME}} സംരംഭത്തിൽ {{PLURAL:$3|പുതിയ ഒരു അറിയിപ്പ്|പുതിയ അറിയിപ്പുകൾ}} ഉണ്ട്. {{PLURAL:$3|അത്|അവ}} ഇവിടെ കാണുക: {{canonicalurl:{{#special:Notifications}}}}
 
diff --git a/Echo.php b/Echo.php
index 5aa4cbcd9..5a877c704 100644
--- a/Echo.php
+++ b/Echo.php
@@ -432,8 +432,6 @@ $wgEchoNotifications = array(
 		'email-body-params' => array( 'agent', 'title', 'summary', 'subject-link', 'email-footer' ),
 		'email-body-batch-message' => 'notification-mention-email-batch-body',
 		'email-body-batch-params' => array( 'agent', 'title' ),
-		'content-message' => 'notification-talkpage-content',
-		'content-params' => array( 'commentText' ),
 		'icon' => 'chat',
 	),
 	'user-rights' => array(
diff --git a/formatters/BasicFormatter.php b/formatters/BasicFormatter.php
index 84ec03dd4..e657de2fe 100644
--- a/formatters/BasicFormatter.php
+++ b/formatters/BasicFormatter.php
@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@ class EchoBasicFormatter extends EchoNotificationFormatter {
 
 		// Set up default params if one is missing
 		$params += $this->getDefaultParams();
-		
+
 		// Title for the flyout
 		$this->flyoutTitle = array(
 			'message' => $params['flyout-message'],
@@ -308,11 +308,31 @@ class EchoBasicFormatter extends EchoNotificationFormatter {
 			case 'summary':
 				return $this->formatSummary( $event, $user );
 				break;
+			case 'comment-text':
+				return $this->formatCommentText( $event, $user );
+				break;
 			default:
 				return '';
 		}
 	}
 
+	/**
+	 * Extract the comment left by a user on a talk page from the event.
+	 * @param $event EchoEvent The event to format the comment of
+	 * @param $user User The user to format content for
+	 * @return string Up to the first 200 characters of the comment
+	 */
+	protected function formatCommentText( EchoEvent $event, $user ) {
+		$extra = $event->getExtra();
+		if ( !isset( $extra['content'] ) ) {
+			return '';
+		}
+		$content = EchoDiscussionParser::stripHeader( $extra['content'] );
+		$content = EchoDiscussionParser::stripSignature( $content );
+		$content = EchoDiscussionParser::stripIndents( $content );
+		return EchoDiscussionParser::getTextSnippet( $content, 200 );
+	}
+
 	/**
 	 * Generate links based on output format and passed properties
 	 * $event EchoEvent
diff --git a/formatters/CommentFormatter.php b/formatters/CommentFormatter.php
index 9dbddd084..2fd7c28bd 100644
--- a/formatters/CommentFormatter.php
+++ b/formatters/CommentFormatter.php
@@ -58,18 +58,6 @@ class EchoCommentFormatter extends EchoEditFormatter {
 			} else {
 				$message->params( '' );
 			}
-		} elseif ( $param === 'commentText' ) {
-			if ( isset( $extra['content'] ) && $extra['content'] ) {
-				$content = $extra['content'];
-				$content = EchoDiscussionParser::stripHeader( $content );
-				$content = EchoDiscussionParser::stripSignature( $content );
-				$content = EchoDiscussionParser::stripIndents( $content );
-				$content = EchoDiscussionParser::getTextSnippet( $content, 200 );
-
-				$message->params( $content );
-			} else {
-				$message->params( '' );
-			}
 		} elseif ( $param === 'content-page' ) {
 			if ( $event->getTitle() ) {
 				$message->params( $event->getTitle()->getSubjectPage()->getPrefixedText() );