diff --git a/src/Content/Text/BBCode.php b/src/Content/Text/BBCode.php
index 14f98202e..2ea15b064 100644
--- a/src/Content/Text/BBCode.php
+++ b/src/Content/Text/BBCode.php
@@ -1727,7 +1727,7 @@ class BBCode
 		$endlessloop = 0;
 		while ((strpos($text, "[/quote]")!== false)  && (strpos($text, "[quote=") !== false) && (++$endlessloop < 20)) {
 			$text = preg_replace("/\[quote=[\"\']*(.*?)[\"\']*\](.*?)\[\/quote\]/ism",
-						 "<br /><strong class=".'"author"'.">" . $t_wrote . "</strong><blockquote>$2</blockquote>",
+						 "<p><strong class=".'"author"'.">" . $t_wrote . "</strong></p><blockquote>$2</blockquote>",
 						 $text);
 		}