diff --git a/web/react/components/mention.jsx b/web/react/components/mention.jsx
index 86a4231387..f1292c743c 100644
--- a/web/react/components/mention.jsx
+++ b/web/react/components/mention.jsx
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ module.exports = React.createClass({
         return (
             <div className="mentions-name" onClick={this.handleClick}>
                 <img className="mention-img" src={"/api/v1/users/" + this.props.id + "/image"}/>
-                <span>@{this.props.username}</span><span className="mention-fullname">{this.props.name}</span>
+                <span>@{this.props.username}</span><span className="mention-fullname">{this.props.secondary_text}</span>
             </div>
         );
     }
diff --git a/web/react/components/mention_list.jsx b/web/react/components/mention_list.jsx
index 8b7e25b046..eb21e0efea 100644
--- a/web/react/components/mention_list.jsx
+++ b/web/react/components/mention_list.jsx
@@ -74,6 +74,18 @@ module.exports = React.createClass({
             users.push(profiles[id]);
         }
 
+        var all = {};
+        all.username = "all";
+        all.full_name = "";
+        all.secondary_text = "Notifies everyone in the team";
+        users.push(all);
+
+        var channel = {};
+        channel.username = "channel";
+        channel.full_name = "";
+        channel.secondary_text = "Notifies everyone in the channel";
+        users.push(channel);
+
         users.sort(function(a,b) {
             if (a.username < b.username) return -1;
             if (a.username > b.username) return 1;
@@ -91,6 +103,7 @@ module.exports = React.createClass({
                 var splitName = users[i].full_name.split(' ');
                 firstName = splitName[0].toLowerCase();
                 lastName = splitName.length > 1 ? splitName[splitName.length-1].toLowerCase() : "";
+                users[i].secondary_text = users[i].full_name;
             }
 
             if (firstName.lastIndexOf(mentionText,0) === 0
@@ -99,7 +112,7 @@ module.exports = React.createClass({
                     <Mention
                         ref={'mention' + index}
                         username={users[i].username}
-                        name={users[i].full_name}
+                        secondary_text={users[i].secondary_text}
                         id={users[i].id}
                         handleClick={this.handleClick} />
                 );
diff --git a/web/react/components/textbox.jsx b/web/react/components/textbox.jsx
index 7a4762e074..934e863a25 100644
--- a/web/react/components/textbox.jsx
+++ b/web/react/components/textbox.jsx
@@ -153,7 +153,7 @@ module.exports = React.createClass({
         var mentions = [];
         for (var i = 0; i < matches.length; i++) {
             var m = matches[i].substring(1,matches[i].length).trim();
-            if (m in profileMap && mentions.indexOf(m) === -1) {
+            if ((m in profileMap && mentions.indexOf(m) === -1) || Constants.SPECIAL_MENTIONS.indexOf(m) !== -1) {
                 mentions.push(m);
             }
         }
diff --git a/web/react/utils/constants.jsx b/web/react/utils/constants.jsx
index e5f42c8a05..f3f3399d9f 100644
--- a/web/react/utils/constants.jsx
+++ b/web/react/utils/constants.jsx
@@ -36,6 +36,7 @@ module.exports = {
     SERVER_ACTION: null,
     VIEW_ACTION: null
   }),
+  SPECIAL_MENTIONS: ['all', 'channel'],
   CHARACTER_LIMIT: 4000,
   IMAGE_TYPES: ['jpg', 'gif', 'bmp', 'png'],
   AUDIO_TYPES: ['mp3', 'wav', 'wma', 'm4a', 'flac', 'aac'],