diff --git a/doc/user/markdown.md b/doc/user/markdown.md
index 97de428d11d7fbc617b69d02ea4c42783371c52e..0d29b471d527f11fed69e8732a85e1e36624df86 100644
--- a/doc/user/markdown.md
+++ b/doc/user/markdown.md
@@ -431,7 +431,7 @@ Emphasis, aka italics, with *asterisks* or _underscores_.
 
 Strong emphasis, aka bold, with **asterisks** or __underscores__.
 
-Combined emphasis with **_asterisks and underscores_**.
+Combined emphasis with **asterisks and _underscores_**.
 
 Strikethrough uses two tildes. ~~Scratch this.~~
 ```
@@ -640,10 +640,11 @@ Here's a line for us to start with.
 This line is separated from the one above by two newlines, so it will be a *separate paragraph*.
 
 This line is also a separate paragraph, but...
-This line is only separated by a single newline, so it's a separate line in the *same paragraph*.
+This line is only separated by a single newline, so it *does not break* and just follows the previous line in the *same paragraph*.
+
+This line is also a separate paragraph, and...  
+This line is *on its own line*, because the previous line ends with two spaces. (but still in the *same paragraph*)
 
-This line is also a separate paragraph, and...
-This line is on its own line, because the previous line ends with two
 spaces.
 ```
 
@@ -651,11 +652,12 @@ Here's a line for us to start with.
 
 This line is separated from the one above by two newlines, so it will be a *separate paragraph*.
 
-This line is also begins a separate paragraph, but...
-This line is only separated by a single newline, so it's a separate line in the *same paragraph*.
+This line is also a separate paragraph, but...
+This line is only separated by a single newline, so it *does not break* and just follows the previous line in the *same paragraph*.
+
+This line is also a separate paragraph, and...  
+This line is *on its own line*, because the previous line ends with two spaces. (but still in the *same paragraph*)
 
-This line is also a separate paragraph, and...
-This line is on its own line, because the previous line ends with two
 spaces.
 
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