diff --git a/Modules/TestQuestionPool/classes/class.assFormulaQuestion.php b/Modules/TestQuestionPool/classes/class.assFormulaQuestion.php
index b60642197602..579599facab7 100755
--- a/Modules/TestQuestionPool/classes/class.assFormulaQuestion.php
+++ b/Modules/TestQuestionPool/classes/class.assFormulaQuestion.php
@@ -264,7 +264,7 @@ public function substituteVariables(array $userdata, bool $graphicalOutput = fal
             return false;
         }
 
-        $text = $this->getQuestionForHTMLOutput();
+        $text = $this->getQuestion();
 
         foreach ($this->fetchAllVariables($this->getQuestion()) as $varObj) {
             if (isset($userdata[$varObj->getVariable()]) && strlen($userdata[$varObj->getVariable()])) {
@@ -277,6 +277,8 @@ public function substituteVariables(array $userdata, bool $graphicalOutput = fal
             $text = preg_replace("/\\$" . substr($varObj->getVariable(), 1) . "(?![0-9]+)/", $val . " " . $unit . "\\1", $text);
         }
 
+        $text = $this->purifyAndPrepareTextAreaOutput($text);
+
         if (preg_match_all("/(\\\$r\\d+)/ims", $this->getQuestion(), $rmatches)) {
             foreach ($rmatches[1] as $result) {
                 $resObj = $this->getResult($result);
diff --git a/Modules/TestQuestionPool/classes/class.assQuestion.php b/Modules/TestQuestionPool/classes/class.assQuestion.php
index 13270a2a2e81..373d0a73df4f 100755
--- a/Modules/TestQuestionPool/classes/class.assQuestion.php
+++ b/Modules/TestQuestionPool/classes/class.assQuestion.php
@@ -2966,13 +2966,18 @@ public function getQuestion(): string
 
     public function getQuestionForHTMLOutput(): string
     {
-        $question_text = $this->getHtmlQuestionContentPurifier()->purify($this->question);
+        return $this->purifyAndPrepareTextAreaOutput($this->question);
+    }
+
+    protected function purifyAndPrepareTextAreaOutput(string $content) : string
+    {
+        $purified_content = $this->getHtmlQuestionContentPurifier()->purify($content);
         if ($this->isAdditionalContentEditingModePageObject()
             || !(new ilSetting('advanced_editing'))->get('advanced_editing_javascript_editor') === 'tinymce') {
-            $question_text = nl2br($question_text);
+            $purified_content = nl2br($purified_content);
         }
         return $this->prepareTextareaOutput(
-            $question_text,
+            $purified_content,
             true,
             true
         );