--- pidgin/gtkconv.c.orig	2007-05-05 13:27:32.000000000 -0400
+++ pidgin/gtkconv.c	2007-05-05 13:27:44.000000000 -0400
@@ -609,6 +609,8 @@
 		gtkconv->entry_growing = FALSE;
 	}
 	gtkconv_set_unseen(gtkconv, PIDGIN_UNSEEN_NONE);
+
+	gtk_imhtml_clear_formatting(GTK_IMHTML(gtkconv->entry));
 }
 
 static void