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.