diff --git a/slack/chat.py b/slack/chat.py
index 3ffed6f..701e538 100644
--- a/slack/chat.py
+++ b/slack/chat.py
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ from . import api
 from . import auth
 from . import users
 from datetime import datetime
+import html
 import textwrap
 import re
 
@@ -65,7 +66,7 @@ class Message:
                 line = line.replace("[#####]", "[%s]" % count, 1)
                 count += 1
 
-            lines += [ "" ] + textwrap.wrap(line)
+            lines += [ "" ] + textwrap.wrap(html.unescape(line))
             links += link
 
         if len(lines) == 0: