diff --git a/Modules/ModCommands/Commands/BanKick.cs b/Modules/ModCommands/Commands/BanKick.cs
index a5a8842..2b41da8 100644
--- a/Modules/ModCommands/Commands/BanKick.cs
+++ b/Modules/ModCommands/Commands/BanKick.cs
@@ -14,8 +14,8 @@ class Ban : BanKick {
         // Ban: Unlike kick, the minimum required is just the target ID
         var result = await Module.Bot.BanAsync(g, msg.Author.ToString(), targetId, PurgeDays, reason, SendNotify);
         if (result.OperationSuccess && SuccessMessage != null) {
-            // TODO string replacement, formatting, etc
-            await msg.Channel.SendMessageAsync($"{SuccessMessage}\n{result.GetResultString(Module.Bot)}");
+            var success = ProcessText(SuccessMessage, msg);
+            await msg.Channel.SendMessageAsync($"{success}\n{result.GetResultString(Module.Bot)}");
         } else {
             await msg.Channel.SendMessageAsync(result.GetResultString(Module.Bot));
         }
@@ -35,8 +35,8 @@ class Kick : BanKick {
 
         var result = await Module.Bot.KickAsync(g, msg.Author.ToString(), targetId, reason, SendNotify);
         if (result.OperationSuccess && SuccessMessage != null) {
-            // TODO string replacement, formatting, etc
-            await msg.Channel.SendMessageAsync($"{SuccessMessage}\n{result.GetResultString(Module.Bot)}");
+            var success = ProcessText(SuccessMessage, msg);
+            await msg.Channel.SendMessageAsync($"{success}\n{result.GetResultString(Module.Bot)}");
         } else {
             await msg.Channel.SendMessageAsync(result.GetResultString(Module.Bot));
         }
diff --git a/Modules/ModCommands/Commands/CommandConfig.cs b/Modules/ModCommands/Commands/CommandConfig.cs
index bda304c..2d4ec87 100644
--- a/Modules/ModCommands/Commands/CommandConfig.cs
+++ b/Modules/ModCommands/Commands/CommandConfig.cs
@@ -36,4 +36,12 @@ abstract class CommandConfig {
         };
         await target.SendMessageAsync(message ?? "", embed: usageEmbed.Build());
     }
+
+    protected static string ProcessText(string input, SocketMessage m) {
+        // TODO elaborate on this
+        // For now, replaces all instances of @_ with the message sender.
+        return input
+            .Replace("@_", m.Author.Mention)
+            .Replace("@\\_", "@_");
+    }
 }
diff --git a/Modules/ModCommands/Commands/Timeout.cs b/Modules/ModCommands/Commands/Timeout.cs
index 7b755ab..3864ae0 100644
--- a/Modules/ModCommands/Commands/Timeout.cs
+++ b/Modules/ModCommands/Commands/Timeout.cs
@@ -64,8 +64,8 @@ class Timeout : CommandConfig {
         var result = await Module.Bot.SetTimeoutAsync(g, msg.Author.AsEntityNameString(), targetUser,
                                                       TimeSpan.FromMinutes(timeParam), reason, SendNotify);
         if (result.Success && SuccessMessage != null) {
-            // TODO string replacement, formatting, etc
-            await msg.Channel.SendMessageAsync($"{SuccessMessage}\n{result.ToResultString()}");
+            var success = ProcessText(SuccessMessage, msg);
+            await msg.Channel.SendMessageAsync($"{success}\n{result.ToResultString()}");
         } else {
             await msg.Channel.SendMessageAsync(result.ToResultString());
         }