diff --git a/src/main/java/com/pengrad/telegrambot/model/request/ParseMode.java b/src/main/java/com/pengrad/telegrambot/model/request/ParseMode.java
index 04a094ca..714af521 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/pengrad/telegrambot/model/request/ParseMode.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/pengrad/telegrambot/model/request/ParseMode.java
@@ -5,5 +5,5 @@
  * 10/21/15.
  */
 public enum ParseMode {
-    Markdown
+    Markdown, HTML
 }
diff --git a/src/test/java/com/pengrad/telegrambot/TelegramBotTest.java b/src/test/java/com/pengrad/telegrambot/TelegramBotTest.java
index 16f71a21..f051086b 100644
--- a/src/test/java/com/pengrad/telegrambot/TelegramBotTest.java
+++ b/src/test/java/com/pengrad/telegrambot/TelegramBotTest.java
@@ -76,6 +76,10 @@ public void testSendMessage() throws Exception {
         MessageTest.checkTextMessage(sendResponse.message());
         sendResponse = bot.sendMessage(channelId, "explicit to channel id _italic_ *markdown*", ParseMode.Markdown, false, null, new ReplyKeyboardHide());
         MessageTest.checkTextMessage(sendResponse.message());
+        sendResponse = bot.sendMessage(channelName, "to channel name with html <b>bold</b>, <strong>bold</strong> " +
+                "<i>italic</i>, <em>italic</em> <a href=\"https://telegram.org\">inline URL</a> <code>inline fixed-width code</code> <pre>pre-formatted fixed-width code block</pre>",
+                ParseMode.HTML, false, null, new ReplyKeyboardHide());
+        MessageTest.checkTextMessage(sendResponse.message());
     }
 
     @Test