diff --git a/src/libs/ReportUtils.js b/src/libs/ReportUtils.js
index e46f1b39971e..603c154bea3b 100644
--- a/src/libs/ReportUtils.js
+++ b/src/libs/ReportUtils.js
@@ -1485,7 +1485,7 @@ function hasReportNameError(report) {
 }
 
 /**
- * For comments shorter than 10k chars, convert the comment from MD into HTML because that's how it is stored in the database
+ * For comments shorter than or equal to 10k chars, convert the comment from MD into HTML because that's how it is stored in the database
  * For longer comments, skip parsing, but still escape the text, and display plaintext for performance reasons. It takes over 40s to parse a 100k long string!!
  *
  * @param {String} text
@@ -1493,7 +1493,7 @@ function hasReportNameError(report) {
  */
 function getParsedComment(text) {
     const parser = new ExpensiMark();
-    return text.length < CONST.MAX_MARKUP_LENGTH ? parser.replace(text) : _.escape(text);
+    return text.length <= CONST.MAX_MARKUP_LENGTH ? parser.replace(text) : _.escape(text);
 }
 
 /**
diff --git a/src/libs/actions/Report.js b/src/libs/actions/Report.js
index 216d71b3389e..2180bd56a959 100644
--- a/src/libs/actions/Report.js
+++ b/src/libs/actions/Report.js
@@ -1016,7 +1016,7 @@ const removeLinksFromHtml = (html, links) => {
  */
 const handleUserDeletedLinksInHtml = (newCommentText, originalHtml) => {
     const parser = new ExpensiMark();
-    if (newCommentText.length >= CONST.MAX_MARKUP_LENGTH) {
+    if (newCommentText.length > CONST.MAX_MARKUP_LENGTH) {
         return newCommentText;
     }
     const markdownOriginalComment = parser.htmlToMarkdown(originalHtml).trim();
@@ -1043,10 +1043,10 @@ function editReportComment(reportID, originalReportAction, textForNewComment) {
     const htmlForNewComment = handleUserDeletedLinksInHtml(textForNewComment, originalCommentHTML);
     const reportComment = parser.htmlToText(htmlForNewComment);
 
-    // For comments shorter than 10k chars, convert the comment from MD into HTML because that's how it is stored in the database
+    // For comments shorter than or equal to 10k chars, convert the comment from MD into HTML because that's how it is stored in the database
     // For longer comments, skip parsing and display plaintext for performance reasons. It takes over 40s to parse a 100k long string!!
     let parsedOriginalCommentHTML = originalCommentHTML;
-    if (textForNewComment.length < CONST.MAX_MARKUP_LENGTH) {
+    if (textForNewComment.length <= CONST.MAX_MARKUP_LENGTH) {
         const autolinkFilter = {filterRules: _.filter(_.pluck(parser.rules, 'name'), (name) => name !== 'autolink')};
         parsedOriginalCommentHTML = parser.replace(parser.htmlToMarkdown(originalCommentHTML).trim(), autolinkFilter);
     }