From the official Markdown docs[0]: > "When you do want to insert a <br /> break tag using Markdown, you end a line with two or more spaces, then type return."

From the official Markdown docs[0]: > "When you do want to insert a <br /> break tag using Markdown, you end a line with two or more spaces, then type return." I haven't tried this ever, but you should get the desired result by ending a line with 2 spaces. [0]: http://daringfireball.net/projects/markdown/syntax#p http://daringfireball.net/projects/markdown/syntax#p