diff --git a/app/components/wrapped-markdown.jsx b/app/components/wrapped-markdown.jsx
index bc3beefeae..fe944d314c 100644
--- a/app/components/wrapped-markdown.jsx
+++ b/app/components/wrapped-markdown.jsx
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ class WrappedMarkdown extends React.Component {
       <div onClick={this.onClick}>
         <Markdown
           relNofollow
-          content={this.props.content}
+          content={this.props.content.trim()}
           project={this.props.project}
           header={this.props.header}
         />
diff --git a/app/talk/comment-preview.cjsx b/app/talk/comment-preview.cjsx
index 96471a4138..5dd55a927b 100644
--- a/app/talk/comment-preview.cjsx
+++ b/app/talk/comment-preview.cjsx
@@ -16,5 +16,5 @@ module.exports = createReactClass
   render: ->
     <div className='talk-comment-preview'>
       <h1>{@props.header}</h1>
-      <Markdown className='talk-comment-preview-content' content={@props.content} />
+      <Markdown className='talk-comment-preview-content' content={@props.content.trim()} />
     </div>