diff --git a/packages/app-cli/tests/html_to_md/table_with_code_3.html b/packages/app-cli/tests/html_to_md/table_with_code_3.html
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..0ca92723b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/app-cli/tests/html_to_md/table_with_code_3.html
@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+
+
+
+
+
Code
+
Description
+
+
+
+
const test = "hello";
+
+// Another line
+console.log('Test...');
+
+// Blank lines
+
+
+
+// Should not break things.
+
+
abcda
+
+
+
+
const test = "hello";
+
+
abcd
+
+
+
+
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/packages/app-cli/tests/html_to_md/table_with_code_3.md b/packages/app-cli/tests/html_to_md/table_with_code_3.md
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..b62d11465
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/app-cli/tests/html_to_md/table_with_code_3.md
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+
Code
Description
const test = "hello";
+
+// Another line
+console.log('Test...');
+
+// Blank lines
+
+
+
+// Should not break things.
abcda
const test = "hello";
abcd
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/packages/turndown/src/turndown.js b/packages/turndown/src/turndown.js
index ae5c7a9f5..74c822cd6 100644
--- a/packages/turndown/src/turndown.js
+++ b/packages/turndown/src/turndown.js
@@ -44,7 +44,21 @@ export default function TurndownService (options) {
return node.isBlock ? '\n\n' : ''
},
keepReplacement: function (content, node) {
- return node.isBlock ? '\n\n' + node.outerHTML + '\n\n' : node.outerHTML
+ // In markdown, multiple blank lines end an HTML block. We thus
+ // include an HTML comment to make otherwise blank lines not blank.
+ const mutliBlankLineRegex = /\n([ \t\r]*)\n/g;
+
+ // We run the replacement multiple times to handle multiple blank
+ // lines in a row.
+ //
+ // For example, "Foo\n\n\nBar" becomes "Foo\n\n\nBar" after the
+ // first replacement.
+ let html = node.outerHTML;
+ while (html.match(mutliBlankLineRegex)) {
+ html = html.replace(mutliBlankLineRegex, '\n$1\n');
+ }
+
+ return node.isBlock ? '\n\n' + html + '\n\n' : html
},
defaultReplacement: function (content, node) {
return node.isBlock ? '\n\n' + content + '\n\n' : content