diff --git a/msgfmt b/msgfmt
index 8647468..63b3c01 100755
--- a/msgfmt
+++ b/msgfmt
@@ -49,6 +49,10 @@ awk '/^diff --git/ { exit } { print }' \
     s/>/\>/g;
     s/\&/\&/g;
 
+    # quoting (initiated by an indented paragraph and terminated by a new
+    # paragraph)
+    s#\n\n  \+\(\([^\n]\+\n\)\+\)#<blockquote>\1</blockquote>#g
+
     # unfortunately, non-greedy matches make it difficult to exclude punctuation
     # at the end of a link, so we will not be handling it here (since links
     # should always be in the footer as references (ideally), this should not