diff --git a/frappe/email/doctype/email_account/email_account.json b/frappe/email/doctype/email_account/email_account.json
index a6879b2af3..3e0e666bc0 100644
--- a/frappe/email/doctype/email_account/email_account.json
+++ b/frappe/email/doctype/email_account/email_account.json
@@ -388,6 +388,7 @@
   {
    "allow_on_submit": 0, 
    "depends_on": "enable_auto_reply", 
+   "description": "ProTip: Add <code>Reference: {{ reference_doctype }} {{ reference_name }}</code> to send document reference", 
    "fieldname": "auto_reply_message", 
    "fieldtype": "Text Editor", 
    "hidden": 0, 
@@ -428,7 +429,7 @@
  "is_submittable": 0, 
  "issingle": 0, 
  "istable": 0, 
- "modified": "2015-06-11 00:16:24.026081", 
+ "modified": "2015-07-16 10:11:06.466258", 
  "modified_by": "Administrator", 
  "module": "Email", 
  "name": "Email Account", 
diff --git a/frappe/email/doctype/email_account/email_account.py b/frappe/email/doctype/email_account/email_account.py
index c072364bcf..9bb2bc5742 100644
--- a/frappe/email/doctype/email_account/email_account.py
+++ b/frappe/email/doctype/email_account/email_account.py
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ from frappe import _
 from frappe.model.document import Document
 from frappe.utils import validate_email_add, cint, get_datetime, DATE_FORMAT, strip
 from frappe.utils.user import is_system_user
+from frappe.utils.jinja import render_template
 from frappe.email.smtp import SMTPServer
 from frappe.email.receive import POP3Server, Email
 from poplib import error_proto
@@ -252,14 +253,14 @@ class EmailAccount(Document):
 
 	def send_auto_reply(self, communication, email):
 		"""Send auto reply if set."""
-		if self.auto_reply_message:
+		if self.enable_auto_reply:
 			communication.set_incoming_outgoing_accounts()
 
 			frappe.sendmail(recipients = [email.from_email],
 				sender = self.email_id,
 				reply_to = communication.incoming_email_account,
 				subject = _("Re: ") + communication.subject,
-				content = self.auto_reply_message or \
+				content = render_template(self.auto_reply_message or "", communication.as_dict()) or \
 					 frappe.get_template("templates/emails/auto_reply.html").render(communication.as_dict()),
 				reference_doctype = communication.reference_doctype,
 				reference_name = communication.reference_name,
diff --git a/frappe/templates/emails/auto_reply.html b/frappe/templates/emails/auto_reply.html
index 394b608e6a..2181694cff 100644
--- a/frappe/templates/emails/auto_reply.html
+++ b/frappe/templates/emails/auto_reply.html
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 <h3>{{ _("Thank you for your email") }}</h3>
-<p>{{ _("Your query has been received. We will back reply shortly. If you have any additional information, please reply to this mail.") }}</p>
+<p>{{ _("Your query has been received. We will reply back shortly. If you have any additional information, please reply to this mail.") }}</p>
+<p>{{ _("Reference: {0} {1}").format(reference_doctype, reference_name) }}</p>
 <p style="font-size: 80%; color: #888">
 	{{ _("This is an automatically generated reply") }}
 </p>