diff --git a/layouts/shortcodes/note.html b/layouts/shortcodes/note.html
index 1161c2366c..1da48797c5 100644
--- a/layouts/shortcodes/note.html
+++ b/layouts/shortcodes/note.html
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 <blockquote class="note">
-  <div><strong>{{ T "note" }}</strong> {{ trim .Inner " \n" | markdownify }}</div>
+  <div><strong>{{ T "note" }}</strong> {{ replaceRE "\\s+|\n" " " .Inner | markdownify }}</div>
 </blockquote>
\ No newline at end of file