diff --git a/msgfmt b/msgfmt
index 9e1cea9..3140f57 100755
--- a/msgfmt
+++ b/msgfmt
@@ -50,8 +50,8 @@ awk '/^diff --git/ { exit } { print }' \
     s/>/\>/g;
 
     # quoting (initiated by an indented paragraph and terminated by a new
-    # paragraph)
-    s#\n\n  \+\(\([^\n]\+\n\)\+\)#<blockquote>\1</blockquote>#g
+    # paragraph, unless that paragraph is also indented)
+    s#\n\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