diff --git a/SignalServiceKit/src/Messages/MessageSender.swift b/SignalServiceKit/src/Messages/MessageSender.swift
index f3faf9d596..c523c99924 100644
--- a/SignalServiceKit/src/Messages/MessageSender.swift
+++ b/SignalServiceKit/src/Messages/MessageSender.swift
@@ -1250,7 +1250,7 @@ extension MessageSender {
             messageType = .unidentifiedSenderMessageType
 
         } else {
-            serializedMessage = Data(plaintext.body)
+            serializedMessage = Data(plaintext.serialize())
             messageType = .plaintextMessageType
         }
 
diff --git a/SignalServiceKit/src/Messages/OWSOutgoingResendRequest.m b/SignalServiceKit/src/Messages/OWSOutgoingResendRequest.m
index bb4d2375fe..e0bf49aada 100644
--- a/SignalServiceKit/src/Messages/OWSOutgoingResendRequest.m
+++ b/SignalServiceKit/src/Messages/OWSOutgoingResendRequest.m
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ NS_ASSUME_NONNULL_BEGIN
     /// We have to return NO since our preferred style is Plaintext. If we returned YES, a future resend response would
     /// encrypt since MessageSender only deals with plaintext as Data. This is fine since its contentHint is `default`
     /// anyway.
-    /// TODO: Maybe we should explore having a first class type to represent the plaintex message content mid-send?
+    /// TODO: Maybe we should explore having a first class type to represent the plaintext message content mid-send?
     /// That way we don't need to call back to the original TSOutgoingMessage for questions about the plaintext. This
     /// makes sense in a world where the TSOutgoingMessage is divorced from the constructed plaintext because of the
     /// MessageSendLog and OWSOutgoingResendResponse