diff --git a/backend/app/notify/prune_html.go b/backend/app/notify/prune_html.go
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..b2ebb7fa
--- /dev/null
+++ b/backend/app/notify/prune_html.go
@@ -0,0 +1,77 @@
+package notify
+
+import (
+	"fmt"
+	"strings"
+
+	"golang.org/x/net/html"
+)
+
+// pruneHTML prunes string keeping HTML closing tags.
+// maxLength applies to visible text only, not HTML tags.
+func pruneHTML(htmlText string, maxLength int) string {
+	var result strings.Builder
+	var endTokens []string
+	visibleLen := 0
+
+	suffix := "..."
+	suffixLen := len(suffix)
+
+	tokenizer := html.NewTokenizer(strings.NewReader(htmlText))
+	for {
+		if tokenizer.Next() == html.ErrorToken {
+			return result.String()
+		}
+		token := tokenizer.Token()
+
+		switch token.Type {
+		case html.CommentToken, html.DoctypeToken:
+			continue
+
+		case html.StartTagToken:
+			endTokens = append([]string{fmt.Sprintf("</%s>", token.Data)}, endTokens...)
+			result.WriteString(token.String())
+
+		case html.EndTagToken:
+			if len(endTokens) > 0 {
+				endTokens = endTokens[1:]
+			}
+			result.WriteString(token.String())
+
+		case html.SelfClosingTagToken:
+			result.WriteString(token.String())
+
+		case html.TextToken:
+			text := token.String()
+			if visibleLen+len(text)+suffixLen > maxLength {
+				remaining := maxLength - visibleLen - suffixLen
+				text = pruneStringToWord(text, remaining)
+				result.WriteString(text)
+				result.WriteString(suffix)
+				for _, endTag := range endTokens {
+					result.WriteString(endTag)
+				}
+				return result.String()
+			}
+			visibleLen += len(text)
+			result.WriteString(text)
+		}
+	}
+}
+
+// pruneStringToWord prunes string to specified length respecting word boundaries
+func pruneStringToWord(text string, maxLength int) string {
+	if maxLength <= 0 {
+		return ""
+	}
+	if len(text) <= maxLength {
+		return text
+	}
+
+	// find last space at or before maxLength to cut at word boundary
+	lastSpace := strings.LastIndex(text[:maxLength+1], " ")
+	if lastSpace <= 0 {
+		return ""
+	}
+	return text[:lastSpace]
+}
diff --git a/backend/app/notify/prune_html_test.go b/backend/app/notify/prune_html_test.go
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..4ec2f6ab
--- /dev/null
+++ b/backend/app/notify/prune_html_test.go
@@ -0,0 +1,47 @@
+package notify
+
+import (
+	"testing"
+
+	"github.com/stretchr/testify/assert"
+)
+
+func TestPruneHTML(t *testing.T) {
+	tests := []struct {
+		name      string
+		html      string
+		maxLength int
+		expected  string
+	}{
+		{"within limit", "<p>Hello</p>", 20, "<p>Hello</p>"},
+		{"exceeds limit", "<p>Hello world, this is a long text</p>", 15, "<p>Hello world,...</p>"},
+		{"nested tags", "<div><p>Hello world</p><p>More text</p></div>", 20, "<div><p>Hello world</p><p>More...</p></div>"},
+		{"html comment stripped", "<!-- comment --><p>Hello</p>", 20, "<p>Hello</p>"},
+		{"self-closing tag", "<p>Hello<br/>World</p>", 8, "<p>Hello<br/>...</p>"},
+	}
+
+	for _, tt := range tests {
+		t.Run(tt.name, func(t *testing.T) {
+			assert.Equal(t, tt.expected, pruneHTML(tt.html, tt.maxLength))
+		})
+	}
+}
+
+func TestPruneStringToWord(t *testing.T) {
+	tests := []struct {
+		name      string
+		text      string
+		maxLength int
+		expected  string
+	}{
+		{"within limit", "hello world", 15, "hello world"},
+		{"cut at word boundary", "hello world and more", 11, "hello world"},
+		{"zero length", "hello", 0, ""},
+	}
+
+	for _, tt := range tests {
+		t.Run(tt.name, func(t *testing.T) {
+			assert.Equal(t, tt.expected, pruneStringToWord(tt.text, tt.maxLength))
+		})
+	}
+}
diff --git a/backend/app/notify/telegram.go b/backend/app/notify/telegram.go
index 472b5c80..924478bd 100644
--- a/backend/app/notify/telegram.go
+++ b/backend/app/notify/telegram.go
@@ -10,6 +10,8 @@ import (
 	"github.com/hashicorp/go-multierror"
 )
 
+const commentTextLengthLimit = 100
+
 // TelegramParams contain settings for telegram notifications
 type TelegramParams struct {
 	AdminChannelID       string        // unique identifier for the target chat or username of the target channel (in the format @channelusername)
@@ -85,10 +87,10 @@ func (t *Telegram) buildMessage(req Request) string {
 		msg += fmt.Sprintf(" -> <a href=%q>%s</a>", commentURLPrefix+req.parent.ID, ntf.EscapeTelegramText(req.parent.User.Name))
 	}
 
-	msg += fmt.Sprintf("\n\n%s", ntf.TelegramSupportedHTML(req.Comment.Text))
+	msg += fmt.Sprintf("\n\n%s", pruneHTML(ntf.TelegramSupportedHTML(req.Comment.Text), commentTextLengthLimit))
 
 	if req.Comment.ParentID != "" {
-		msg += fmt.Sprintf("\n\n\"<i>%s</i>\"", ntf.TelegramSupportedHTML(req.parent.Text))
+		msg += fmt.Sprintf("\n\n\"<i>%s</i>\"", pruneHTML(ntf.TelegramSupportedHTML(req.parent.Text), commentTextLengthLimit))
 	}
 
 	if req.Comment.PostTitle != "" {
diff --git a/backend/app/notify/telegram_test.go b/backend/app/notify/telegram_test.go
index 4518e156..dc832915 100644
--- a/backend/app/notify/telegram_test.go
+++ b/backend/app/notify/telegram_test.go
@@ -53,6 +53,15 @@ some text
 
 <b>Hello</b><i><b>World</b></i>`,
 		res)
+
+	// prune string keeping HTML closing tags
+	c = store.Comment{
+		Text: "<b>Lorem ipsum <i>dolor sit amet</i>, consectetur adipiscing <code>elit, sed do eiusmod tempor incididunt</code> ut labore et dolore magna aliqua.</b>",
+	}
+	res = tb.buildMessage(Request{Comment: c})
+	assert.Equal(t, `<a href="#remark42__comment-"></a>
+
+<b>Lorem ipsum <i>dolor sit amet</i>, consectetur adipiscing <code>elit, sed do eiusmod tempor incididunt</code> ut...</b>`, res)
 }
 
 func TestTelegram_SendVerification(t *testing.T) {