MD028 - Blank line inside blockquote
May 24, 2026 ยท View on GitHub
Tags: blockquote, whitespace
Aliases: no-blanks-blockquote
This rule is triggered when two blockquote blocks are separated by nothing but a blank line:
> This is a blockquote
> which is immediately followed by
> this blockquote. In some cases,
> these may be merged into one blockquote.
To fix this, ensure that consecutive blockquotes have text (or an HTML comment) in between:
> This is a blockquote.
This is paragraph text.
> This is a second blockquote.
<!-- This is an HTML comment -->
> This is a third blockquote.
If they are meant to be a single quote, add the blockquote symbol at the beginning of the blank line:
> This is a blockquote.
>
> This is the same blockquote.
Rationale: Some Markdown parsers will treat two blockquotes separated by one or more blank lines as the same blockquote, while others will treat them as separate blockquotes.