diff --git a/app/src/main/java/eu/faircode/email/EditTextCompose.java b/app/src/main/java/eu/faircode/email/EditTextCompose.java
index c676a4eed6..a1cbad1904 100644
--- a/app/src/main/java/eu/faircode/email/EditTextCompose.java
+++ b/app/src/main/java/eu/faircode/email/EditTextCompose.java
@@ -167,9 +167,9 @@ public class EditTextCompose extends FixedEditText {
                     try {
                         int order = 1000;
                         menu.add(Menu.CATEGORY_SECONDARY, R.string.title_insert_brackets,
-                                order++, context.getString(R.string.title_insert_brackets));
+                                order++, "(" + context.getString(R.string.title_insert_brackets) + ")");
                         menu.add(Menu.CATEGORY_SECONDARY, R.string.title_insert_quotes,
-                                order++, context.getString(R.string.title_insert_quotes));
+                                order++, "\"" + context.getString(R.string.title_insert_quotes) + "\"");
                         menu.add(Menu.CATEGORY_SECONDARY, R.string.title_lt_add,
                                 order++, context.getString(R.string.title_lt_add));
                         menu.add(Menu.CATEGORY_SECONDARY, R.string.title_lt_delete,