diff --git a/sas/sasjs/macros/mpe_alerts.sas b/sas/sasjs/macros/mpe_alerts.sas
index ff403fb..23e5d26 100755
--- a/sas/sasjs/macros/mpe_alerts.sas
+++ b/sas/sasjs/macros/mpe_alerts.sas
@@ -131,7 +131,7 @@ filename __out email ("&emails")
     txt=symget('SUBMITTED_TXT');
     put "Reason provided: " txt;
     put " ";
-    put "This is an automated email by Data Controller for SAS®. For "
+    put "This is an automated email by Data Controller for SAS. For "
       "documentation, please visit https://docs.datacontroller.io";
   run;
 %end;
@@ -144,7 +144,7 @@ filename __out email ("&emails")
     put "Please be advised that a change to table &alert_lib..&alert_ds has "
         "been approved by &from_user on the '&syshostname' SAS server.";
     put " ";
-    put "This is an automated email by Data Controller for SAS®. For "
+    put "This is an automated email by Data Controller for SAS. For "
       "documentation, please visit https://docs.datacontroller.io";
   run;
 %end;
@@ -165,7 +165,7 @@ filename __out email ("&emails")
     txt=symget('REVIEW_REASON_TXT');
     put "Reason provided: " txt;
     put " ";
-    put "This is an automated email by Data Controller for SAS®. For "
+    put "This is an automated email by Data Controller for SAS. For "
       "documentation, please visit https://docs.datacontroller.io";
   run;
 %end;