1 file changed, 15 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/custom/extensions/about-render.lua b/custom/extensions/about-render.lua
index af18d1b..ed7e340 100644
--- a/custom/extensions/about-render.lua
+++ b/custom/extensions/about-render.lua
@@ -377,6 +377,19 @@ if has_lpeg then
 
 	local function ordered(mark) return mark:match("%d") ~= nil end
 
+	local function table_starts(lines, i)
+		return i < #lines and lines[i]:find("|", 1, true) ~= nil
+			and table_delimiter:match(lines[i + 1]) ~= nil
+	end
+
+	-- A blank line ends a paragraph, and so does the start of any other
+	-- block. That includes a table, which GitHub's own parser lets cut a
+	-- paragraph short.
+	local function ends_paragraph(lines, i)
+		return lines[i]:match("^%s*$") or block_start:match(lines[i])
+			or table_starts(lines, i)
+	end
+
 	-- A paragraph's lines run together the way GitHub shows them, unless one
 	-- ends in two spaces or a backslash, which breaks the line there. The
 	-- last line of a paragraph has nothing to break before.
@@ -455,7 +468,7 @@ if has_lpeg then
 						lines = paragraph_lines(inner),
 					}
 				end
-			elseif i + 1 <= n and line:find("|", 1, true) and table_delimiter:match(lines[i + 1]) then
+			elseif table_starts(lines, i) then
 				local head = {}
 				for _, cell in ipairs(split_cells(line)) do
 					head[#head + 1] = parse_inline(cell)
@@ -494,7 +507,7 @@ if has_lpeg then
 			else
 				local paragraph = { line }
 				i = i + 1
-				while i <= n and not lines[i]:match("^%s*$") and not block_start:match(lines[i]) do
+				while i <= n and not ends_paragraph(lines, i) do
 					paragraph[#paragraph + 1] = lines[i]
 					i = i + 1
 				end