diff --git a/doc/user/markdown.md b/doc/user/markdown.md
index 44ab4c085aa0e697bd5b6ade3ffb7ae3f35e7378..22bd8efe9678c167857c18a9ce3da0dfa99bb69a 100644
--- a/doc/user/markdown.md
+++ b/doc/user/markdown.md
@@ -37,12 +37,12 @@ GFM honors the markdown specification in how [paragraphs and line breaks are han
 A paragraph is simply one or more consecutive lines of text, separated by one or more blank lines.
 Line-breaks, or softreturns, are rendered if you end a line with two or more spaces:
 
-    Roses are red [followed by two or more spaces]
+    Roses are red [followed by two or more spaces]  
     Violets are blue
 
     Sugar is sweet
 
-Roses are red
+Roses are red  
 Violets are blue
 
 Sugar is sweet