diff --git a/apps/red-ui/src/app/models/file/annotation.wrapper.ts b/apps/red-ui/src/app/models/file/annotation.wrapper.ts
index 8dbd3ec73..ddb59bc96 100644
--- a/apps/red-ui/src/app/models/file/annotation.wrapper.ts
+++ b/apps/red-ui/src/app/models/file/annotation.wrapper.ts
@@ -328,6 +328,9 @@ export class AnnotationWrapper {
 
         if (entry.reason) {
             content += entry.reason + '\n\n';
+            //remove leading and trailing commas and whitespaces
+            content = content.replace(/^[, ]*|[, ]*$/g, '');
+            content = content.substring(0, 1).toUpperCase() + content.substring(1);
         }
 
         if (annotationWrapper.legalBasis) {