diff --git a/extensions/typescript-language-features/src/utils/previewer.ts b/extensions/typescript-language-features/src/utils/previewer.ts
index 5ad230d662e0e..ca1da7b6e94bc 100644
--- a/extensions/typescript-language-features/src/utils/previewer.ts
+++ b/extensions/typescript-language-features/src/utils/previewer.ts
@@ -28,7 +28,15 @@ function getTagBodyText(tag: Proto.JSDocTagInfo): string | undefined {
 			} else {
 				return makeCodeblock(tag.text);
 			}
+		case 'author':
+			// fix obsucated email address, #80898
+			const emailMatch = tag.text.match(/(.+)\s<([-.\w]+@[-.\w]+)>/);
 
+			if (emailMatch === null) {
+				return tag.text;
+			} else {
+				return `${emailMatch[1]} ${emailMatch[2]}`;
+			}
 		case 'default':
 			return makeCodeblock(tag.text);
 	}