diff --git a/.github/workflows/ready-for-doc-review.yml b/.github/workflows/ready-for-doc-review.yml
index 8692f1d3d5..6b71cc857e 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ready-for-doc-review.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ready-for-doc-review.yml
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ jobs:
           echo "Extracting issue numbers from PR description..."
 
           # Clean up PR description to avoid syntax errors in grep command
-          PR_BODY=$(printf '%q' "${{ github.event.pull_request.body }}")
+          PR_BODY="${{ github.event.pull_request.body }}"
           echo "PR description to use in the script: $PR_BODY"
 
           ISSUE_NUMS=$(echo "$PR_BODY" | grep -oE '(https://github.com/github/docs-content/issues/[0-9]+|github/docs-content#[0-9]+|#[0-9]+)' | grep -oE '[0-9]+$')