diff --git a/app/assets/javascripts/pretty-text/engines/markdown-it/mentions.js.es6 b/app/assets/javascripts/pretty-text/engines/markdown-it/mentions.js.es6
index 80b0f24ad35..602af3c15ae 100644
--- a/app/assets/javascripts/pretty-text/engines/markdown-it/mentions.js.es6
+++ b/app/assets/javascripts/pretty-text/engines/markdown-it/mentions.js.es6
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 const regex = /^(\w[\w.-]{0,59})\b/i;
 
-function applyMentions(state, silent, isSpace, isPunctChar, mentionLookup, getURL) {
+function applyMentions(state, silent, isWhiteSpace, isPunctChar, mentionLookup, getURL) {
 
   let pos = state.pos;
 
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ function applyMentions(state, silent, isSpace, isPunctChar, mentionLookup, getUR
 
   if (pos > 0) {
     let prev = state.src.charCodeAt(pos-1);
-    if (!isSpace(prev) && !isPunctChar(String.fromCharCode(prev))) {
+    if (!isWhiteSpace(prev) && !isPunctChar(String.fromCharCode(prev))) {
       return false;
     }
   }
@@ -78,7 +78,7 @@ export function setup(helper) {
     md.inline.ruler.push('mentions', (state,silent)=> applyMentions(
           state,
           silent,
-          md.utils.isSpace,
+          md.utils.isWhiteSpace,
           md.utils.isPunctChar,
           md.options.discourse.mentionLookup,
           md.options.discourse.getURL
diff --git a/spec/components/pretty_text_spec.rb b/spec/components/pretty_text_spec.rb
index 67924398a77..cae80012285 100644
--- a/spec/components/pretty_text_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/components/pretty_text_spec.rb
@@ -580,12 +580,14 @@ HTML
     it "can handle mentions" do
       Fabricate(:user, username: "sam")
       expect(PrettyText.cook("hi @sam! hi")).to match_html '<p>hi <a class="mention" href="/u/sam">@sam</a>! hi</p>'
+      expect(PrettyText.cook("hi\n@sam")).to eq("<p>hi<br>\n<a class=\"mention\" href=\"/u/sam\">@sam</a></p>")
     end
 
     it "can handle mentions inside a hyperlink" do
-    expect(PrettyText.cook("<a> @inner</a> ")).to match_html '<p><a> @inner</a></p>'
+      expect(PrettyText.cook("<a> @inner</a> ")).to match_html '<p><a> @inner</a></p>'
     end
 
+
     it "can handle mentions inside a hyperlink" do
       expect(PrettyText.cook("[link @inner](http://site.com)")).to match_html '<p><a href="http://site.com" rel="nofollow noopener">link @inner</a></p>'
     end
@@ -651,10 +653,18 @@ HTML
     it 'supports typographer' do
       SiteSetting.enable_markdown_typographer = true
       expect(PrettyText.cook('(tm)')).to eq('<p>™</p>')
+
       SiteSetting.enable_markdown_typographer = false
       expect(PrettyText.cook('(tm)')).to eq('<p>(tm)</p>')
     end
 
+    it 'does not typographer text blocks' do
+
+      SiteSetting.enable_markdown_typographer = true
+      expect(PrettyText.cook('```text\n"test"\n```')).to eq('<p></p>')
+
+    end
+
     it 'handles onebox correctly' do
       expect(PrettyText.cook("http://a.com\nhttp://b.com").split("onebox").length).to eq(3)
       expect(PrettyText.cook("http://a.com\n\nhttp://b.com").split("onebox").length).to eq(3)