diff --git a/admin/js/hyperdown.js b/admin/js/hyperdown.js
index e9b30efc..eb931183 100644
--- a/admin/js/hyperdown.js
+++ b/admin/js/hyperdown.js
@@ -186,6 +186,9 @@
       lines = [];
       blocks = this.parseBlock(text, lines);
       html = '';
+      if (inline && blocks.length === 1 && blocks[0][0] === 'normal') {
+        blocks[0][3] = true;
+      }
       for (j = 0, len = blocks.length; j < len; j++) {
         block = blocks[j];
         type = block[0], start = block[1], end = block[2], value = block[3];
@@ -1023,8 +1026,11 @@
       return '<hr>';
     };
 
-    Parser.prototype.parseNormal = function(lines) {
+    Parser.prototype.parseNormal = function(lines, inline) {
       var str;
+      if (inline == null) {
+        inline = false;
+      }
       lines = lines.map((function(_this) {
         return function(line) {
           return _this.parseInline(line);
@@ -1036,7 +1042,11 @@
       if (str.match(/^\s*$/)) {
         return '';
       } else {
-        return "<p>" + str + "</p>";
+        if (inline) {
+          return str;
+        } else {
+          return "<p>" + str + "</p>";
+        }
       }
     };
 
diff --git a/var/HyperDown.php b/var/HyperDown.php
index 5df053eb..c12bb8a8 100644
--- a/var/HyperDown.php
+++ b/var/HyperDown.php
@@ -234,6 +234,11 @@ class HyperDown
         $blocks = $this->parseBlock($text, $lines);
         $html = '';
 
+        // inline mode for single normal block
+        if ($inline && count($blocks) == 1 && $blocks[0][0] == 'normal') {
+            $blocks[0][3] = true;
+        }
+
         foreach ($blocks as $block) {
             list ($type, $start, $end, $value) = $block;
             $extract = array_slice($lines, $start, $end - $start + 1);
@@ -244,7 +249,7 @@ class HyperDown
             $result = $this->call('after' . ucfirst($method), $result, $value);
 
             $html .= $result;
-        }
+        } 
 
         return $html;
     }
@@ -1443,9 +1448,10 @@ class HyperDown
      * parseNormal
      *
      * @param array $lines
+     * @param bool $inline
      * @return string
      */
-    private function parseNormal(array $lines)
+    private function parseNormal(array $lines, $inline = false)
     {
         foreach ($lines as &$line) {
             $line = $this->parseInline($line);
@@ -1455,7 +1461,7 @@ class HyperDown
         $str = preg_replace("/(\n\s*){2,}/", "</p><p>", $str);
         $str = preg_replace("/\n/", "<br>", $str);
 
-        return preg_match("/^\s*$/", $str) ? '' : "<p>{$str}</p>";
+        return preg_match("/^\s*$/", $str) ? '' : ($inline ? $str : "<p>{$str}</p>");
     }
 
     /**