diff --git a/ietf/ipr/management/tests.py b/ietf/ipr/management/tests.py
index d452f0c4a41..d84b0cfef45 100644
--- a/ietf/ipr/management/tests.py
+++ b/ietf/ipr/management/tests.py
@@ -42,9 +42,11 @@ def test_send_error_to_admin(self, process_mock, send_smtp_mock):
         self.assertTrue(msg.is_multipart(), 'Error email should have attachments')
         parts = msg.get_payload()
         self.assertEqual(len(parts), 3, 'Error email should contain message, traceback, and original message')
-        content = parts[0].get_payload()
-        traceback = parts[1].get_payload()
-        original = parts[2].get_payload(decode=True).decode()  # convert octet-stream to string
+        # decode=True decodes the quoted-printable encoding, including removing soft linebreaks.
+        # The .decode() converts the resulting octet-stream bytes to a string
+        content = parts[0].get_payload(decode=True).decode()
+        traceback = parts[1].get_payload(decode=True).decode()
+        original = parts[2].get_payload(decode=True).decode()
         self.assertIn('RuntimeError', content, 'Error type should be included in error email')
         self.assertIn('mock.py', content, 'File where error occurred should be included in error email')
         self.assertIn('traceback', traceback.lower(), 'Traceback should be attached to error email')
diff --git a/ietf/nomcom/management/tests.py b/ietf/nomcom/management/tests.py
index fd178786dda..7bda2b5aa50 100644
--- a/ietf/nomcom/management/tests.py
+++ b/ietf/nomcom/management/tests.py
@@ -35,7 +35,9 @@ def test_send_error_to_admins(self, send_smtp_mock):
         self.assertEqual(msg['to'], 'admin@example.com', 'Email recipient should be the admins')
         self.assertIn('error', msg['subject'], 'Email subject should indicate error')
         self.assertFalse(msg.is_multipart(), 'Nomcom feedback error sent to admin should not have attachments')
-        content = msg.get_payload()
+        # decode=True decodes the quoted-printable encoding, including removing soft linebreaks.
+        # The .decode() converts the resulting octet-stream bytes to a string
+        content = msg.get_payload(decode=True).decode()
         self.assertIn('CommandError', content, 'Admin email should contain error type')
         self.assertIn('feedback_email.py', content, 'Admin email should contain file where error occurred')
         self.assertNotIn('traceback', content.lower(), 'Admin email should not contain traceback')
@@ -63,7 +65,8 @@ def test_send_error_to_chair(self, create_feedback_mock, send_smtp_mock):
         self.assertTrue(msg.is_multipart(), 'Chair feedback error should have attachments')
         parts = msg.get_payload()
         content = parts[0].get_payload()
-        # decode=True decodes the base64 encoding, .decode() converts the octet-stream bytes to a string
+        # decode=True decodes the quoted-printable encoding, including removing soft linebreaks.
+        # The .decode() converts the resulting octet-stream bytes to a string
         attachment = parts[1].get_payload(decode=True).decode()
         self.assertIn('RuntimeError', content, 'Nomcom email should contain error type')
         self.assertIn('mock.py', content, 'Nomcom email should contain file where error occurred')