diff --git a/themes/default/password.tpl b/themes/default/password.tpl
index 4041683d1..1f0b24864 100644
--- a/themes/default/password.tpl
+++ b/themes/default/password.tpl
@@ -32,9 +32,9 @@
 {include file="$tpl_dir./errors.tpl"}
 
 {if isset($confirmation) && $confirmation == 1}
-<p class="success">{l s='Your password has been successfully reset and a confirmation has been sent to your e-mail address:'} {$email|escape:'htmlall':'UTF-8'}</p>
+<p class="success">{l s='Your password has been successfully reset and a confirmation has been sent to your e-mail address:'} {$smarty.post.email|escape:'htmlall':'UTF-8'|stripslashes}</p>
 {elseif isset($confirmation) && $confirmation == 2}
-<p class="success">{l s='A confirmation e-mail has been sent to your address:'} {$email|escape:'htmlall':'UTF-8'}</p>
+<p class="success">{l s='A confirmation e-mail has been sent to your address:'} {$smarty.post.email|escape:'htmlall':'UTF-8'|stripslashes}</p>
 {else}
 <p>{l s='Please enter the e-mail address used to register. We will send your new password to that address.'}</p>
 <form action="{$request_uri|escape:'htmlall':'UTF-8'}" method="post" class="std" id="form_forgotpassword">