diff --git a/code/modules/mob/say.dm b/code/modules/mob/say.dm
index e2b3aee35d..a403845ee2 100644
--- a/code/modules/mob/say.dm
+++ b/code/modules/mob/say.dm
@@ -113,7 +113,7 @@
 		if(name != real_name)
 			alt_name = " (died as [real_name])"
 
-	var/spanned = say_quote(message)
+	var/spanned = say_quote(say_emphasis(message))
 	message = emoji_parse(message)
 	var/rendered = "<span class='game deadsay'><span class='prefix'>DEAD:</span> <span class='name'>[name]</span>[alt_name] <span class='message'>[emoji_parse(spanned)]</span></span>"
 	log_talk(message, LOG_SAY, tag="DEAD")