diff --git a/phpBB/includes/functions_content.php b/phpBB/includes/functions_content.php
index 40d44cfe7b..e124bd46e6 100644
--- a/phpBB/includes/functions_content.php
+++ b/phpBB/includes/functions_content.php
@@ -1758,3 +1758,47 @@ class bitfield
 		$this->data = $this->data | $bitfield->get_blob();
 	}
 }
+
+/**
+ * Formats the quote according to the given BBCode status setting
+ *
+ * @param bool 						$bbcode_status The status of the BBCode setting
+ * @param array 					$quote_attributes The attributes of the quoted post
+ * @param phpbb\textformatter\utils $text_formatter_utils Text formatter utilities
+ * @param parse_message 			$message_parser Message parser class
+ * @param string 					$message_link Link of the original quoted post
+ */
+function phpbb_format_quote($bbcode_status, $quote_attributes, $text_formatter_utils, $message_parser, $message_link = '')
+{
+	if ($bbcode_status)
+	{
+		$quote_text = $text_formatter_utils->generate_quote(
+			censor_text($message_parser->message),
+			$quote_attributes
+		);
+
+		$message_parser->message = $quote_text . "\n\n";
+	}
+	else
+	{
+		$offset = 0;
+		$quote_string = "> ";
+		$message = censor_text(trim($message_parser->message));
+		// see if we are nesting. It's easily tricked but should work for one level of nesting
+		if (strpos($message, ">") !== false)
+		{
+			$offset = 10;
+		}
+		$message = utf8_wordwrap($message, 75 + $offset, "\n");
+
+		$message = $quote_string . $message;
+		$message = str_replace("\n", "\n" . $quote_string, $message);
+
+		$message_parser->message = $quote_attributes['author'] . " " . $user->lang['WROTE'] . ":\n" . $message . "\n";
+	}
+
+	if ($message_link)
+	{
+		$message_parser->message = $message_link . $message_parser->message;
+	}
+}
diff --git a/phpBB/includes/ucp/ucp_pm_compose.php b/phpBB/includes/ucp/ucp_pm_compose.php
index f35812b90a..be372dd758 100644
--- a/phpBB/includes/ucp/ucp_pm_compose.php
+++ b/phpBB/includes/ucp/ucp_pm_compose.php
@@ -953,7 +953,16 @@ function compose_pm($id, $mode, $action, $user_folders = array())
 			$post_id = $request->variable('p', 0);
 			if ($config['allow_post_links'])
 			{
-				$message_link = "[url=" . generate_board_url() . "/viewtopic.$phpEx?p={$post_id}#p{$post_id}]{$user->lang['SUBJECT']}{$user->lang['COLON']} {$message_subject}[/url]\n\n";
+				$message_link = generate_board_url() . "/viewtopic.$phpEx?p={$post_id}#p{$post_id}";
+				$message_link_subject = "{$user->lang['SUBJECT']}{$user->lang['COLON']} {$message_subject}";
+				if ($bbcode_status)
+				{
+					$message_link = "[url=" . $message_link . "]" . $message_link_subject . "[/url]\n\n";
+				}
+				else
+				{
+					$message_link = $message_link . " - " . $message_link_subject . "\n\n";
+				}
 			}
 			else
 			{
@@ -973,11 +982,8 @@ function compose_pm($id, $mode, $action, $user_folders = array())
 		{
 			$quote_attributes['post_id'] = $post['msg_id'];
 		}
-		$quote_text = $phpbb_container->get('text_formatter.utils')->generate_quote(
-			censor_text($message_parser->message),
-			$quote_attributes
-		);
-		$message_parser->message = $message_link . $quote_text . "\n\n";
+
+		phpbb_format_quote($bbcode_status, $quote_attributes, $phpbb_container->get('text_formatter.utils'), $message_parser, $message_link);
 	}
 
 	if (($action == 'reply' || $action == 'quote' || $action == 'quotepost') && !$preview && !$refresh)
diff --git a/phpBB/posting.php b/phpBB/posting.php
index d97a22209f..8d40652574 100644
--- a/phpBB/posting.php
+++ b/phpBB/posting.php
@@ -1627,35 +1627,14 @@ if ($generate_quote)
 	// Remove attachment bbcode tags from the quoted message to avoid mixing with the new post attachments if any
 	$message_parser->message = preg_replace('#\[attachment=([0-9]+)\](.*?)\[\/attachment\]#uis', '\\2', $message_parser->message);
 
-	if ($config['allow_bbcode'])
-	{
-		$message_parser->message = $bbcode_utils->generate_quote(
-			censor_text($message_parser->message),
-			array(
-				'author'  => $post_data['quote_username'],
-				'post_id' => $post_data['post_id'],
-				'time'    => $post_data['post_time'],
-				'user_id' => $post_data['poster_id'],
-			)
-		);
-		$message_parser->message .= "\n\n";
-	}
-	else
-	{
-		$offset = 0;
-		$quote_string = "> ";
-		$message = censor_text(trim($message_parser->message));
-		// see if we are nesting. It's easily tricked but should work for one level of nesting
-		if (strpos($message, ">") !== false)
-		{
-			$offset = 10;
-		}
-		$message = utf8_wordwrap($message, 75 + $offset, "\n");
+	$quote_attributes = array(
+						'author'  => $post_data['quote_username'],
+						'post_id' => $post_data['post_id'],
+						'time'    => $post_data['post_time'],
+						'user_id' => $post_data['poster_id'],
+	);
 
-		$message = $quote_string . $message;
-		$message = str_replace("\n", "\n" . $quote_string, $message);
-		$message_parser->message =  $post_data['quote_username'] . " " . $user->lang['WROTE'] . ":\n" . $message . "\n";
-	}
+	phpbb_format_quote($config['allow_bbcode'], $quote_attributes, $bbcode_utils, $message_parser);
 }
 
 if (($mode == 'reply' || $mode == 'quote') && !$submit && !$preview && !$refresh)