diff --git a/app/mailers/user_notifications.rb b/app/mailers/user_notifications.rb
index d9680e3195a..ee80633a220 100644
--- a/app/mailers/user_notifications.rb
+++ b/app/mailers/user_notifications.rb
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ class UserNotifications < ActionMailer::Base
                 "user_notifications.private_message",
                 message: post.raw,
                 url: post.url,
-                subject_prefix: post.post_number != 1 ? "re: " : "",
+                subject_prefix: "[#{I18n.t('private_message_abbrev')}] #{post.post_number != 1 ? 're: ' : ''}",
                 topic_title: post.topic.title,
                 private_message_from: post.user.name,
                 from: "#{I18n.t(:via, username: post.user.name, site_name: SiteSetting.title)} <#{SiteSetting.notification_email}>",
diff --git a/config/locales/server.en.yml b/config/locales/server.en.yml
index fbdd34730f3..5f9260e2e28 100644
--- a/config/locales/server.en.yml
+++ b/config/locales/server.en.yml
@@ -49,6 +49,7 @@ en:
   rss_posts_in_topic: "RSS feed of '%{topic}'"
   rss_topics_in_category: "RSS feed of topics in the '%{category}' category"
   author_wrote: "%{author} wrote:"
+  private_message_abbrev: "PM"
 
   groups:
     default_names: