diff --git a/package-lock.json b/package-lock.json
index 11d6127e3..22f205e86 100644
--- a/package-lock.json
+++ b/package-lock.json
@@ -6627,8 +6627,7 @@
             "ansi-regex": {
               "version": "2.1.1",
               "bundled": true,
-              "dev": true,
-              "optional": true
+              "dev": true
             },
             "aproba": {
               "version": "1.2.0",
@@ -6649,14 +6648,12 @@
             "balanced-match": {
               "version": "1.0.0",
               "bundled": true,
-              "dev": true,
-              "optional": true
+              "dev": true
             },
             "brace-expansion": {
               "version": "1.1.11",
               "bundled": true,
               "dev": true,
-              "optional": true,
               "requires": {
                 "balanced-match": "^1.0.0",
                 "concat-map": "0.0.1"
@@ -6671,20 +6668,17 @@
             "code-point-at": {
               "version": "1.1.0",
               "bundled": true,
-              "dev": true,
-              "optional": true
+              "dev": true
             },
             "concat-map": {
               "version": "0.0.1",
               "bundled": true,
-              "dev": true,
-              "optional": true
+              "dev": true
             },
             "console-control-strings": {
               "version": "1.1.0",
               "bundled": true,
-              "dev": true,
-              "optional": true
+              "dev": true
             },
             "core-util-is": {
               "version": "1.0.2",
@@ -6801,8 +6795,7 @@
             "inherits": {
               "version": "2.0.3",
               "bundled": true,
-              "dev": true,
-              "optional": true
+              "dev": true
             },
             "ini": {
               "version": "1.3.5",
@@ -6814,7 +6807,6 @@
               "version": "1.0.0",
               "bundled": true,
               "dev": true,
-              "optional": true,
               "requires": {
                 "number-is-nan": "^1.0.0"
               }
@@ -6829,7 +6821,6 @@
               "version": "3.0.4",
               "bundled": true,
               "dev": true,
-              "optional": true,
               "requires": {
                 "brace-expansion": "^1.1.7"
               }
@@ -6837,14 +6828,12 @@
             "minimist": {
               "version": "0.0.8",
               "bundled": true,
-              "dev": true,
-              "optional": true
+              "dev": true
             },
             "minipass": {
               "version": "2.3.5",
               "bundled": true,
               "dev": true,
-              "optional": true,
               "requires": {
                 "safe-buffer": "^5.1.2",
                 "yallist": "^3.0.0"
@@ -6863,7 +6852,6 @@
               "version": "0.5.1",
               "bundled": true,
               "dev": true,
-              "optional": true,
               "requires": {
                 "minimist": "0.0.8"
               }
@@ -6944,8 +6932,7 @@
             "number-is-nan": {
               "version": "1.0.1",
               "bundled": true,
-              "dev": true,
-              "optional": true
+              "dev": true
             },
             "object-assign": {
               "version": "4.1.1",
@@ -6957,7 +6944,6 @@
               "version": "1.4.0",
               "bundled": true,
               "dev": true,
-              "optional": true,
               "requires": {
                 "wrappy": "1"
               }
@@ -7043,8 +7029,7 @@
             "safe-buffer": {
               "version": "5.1.2",
               "bundled": true,
-              "dev": true,
-              "optional": true
+              "dev": true
             },
             "safer-buffer": {
               "version": "2.1.2",
@@ -7080,7 +7065,6 @@
               "version": "1.0.2",
               "bundled": true,
               "dev": true,
-              "optional": true,
               "requires": {
                 "code-point-at": "^1.0.0",
                 "is-fullwidth-code-point": "^1.0.0",
@@ -7100,7 +7084,6 @@
               "version": "3.0.1",
               "bundled": true,
               "dev": true,
-              "optional": true,
               "requires": {
                 "ansi-regex": "^2.0.0"
               }
@@ -7144,14 +7127,12 @@
             "wrappy": {
               "version": "1.0.2",
               "bundled": true,
-              "dev": true,
-              "optional": true
+              "dev": true
             },
             "yallist": {
               "version": "3.0.3",
               "bundled": true,
-              "dev": true,
-              "optional": true
+              "dev": true
             }
           }
         },
@@ -7697,6 +7678,11 @@
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       "dev": true
     },
+    "min-indent": {
+      "version": "1.0.0",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/min-indent/-/min-indent-1.0.0.tgz",
+      "integrity": "sha1-z8RcN+nsDY8KDsPdTvf3w6vjklY="
+    },
     "minimatch": {
       "version": "3.0.4",
       "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/minimatch/-/minimatch-3.0.4.tgz",
@@ -9886,6 +9872,14 @@
       "requires": {
         "indent-string": "^3.0.0",
         "strip-indent": "^2.0.0"
+      },
+      "dependencies": {
+        "strip-indent": {
+          "version": "2.0.0",
+          "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/strip-indent/-/strip-indent-2.0.0.tgz",
+          "integrity": "sha1-XvjbKV0B5u1sv3qrlpmNeCJSe2g=",
+          "dev": true
+        }
       }
     },
     "regenerate": {
@@ -11127,10 +11121,12 @@
       "dev": true
     },
     "strip-indent": {
-      "version": "2.0.0",
-      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/strip-indent/-/strip-indent-2.0.0.tgz",
-      "integrity": "sha1-XvjbKV0B5u1sv3qrlpmNeCJSe2g=",
-      "dev": true
+      "version": "3.0.0",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/strip-indent/-/strip-indent-3.0.0.tgz",
+      "integrity": "sha512-laJTa3Jb+VQpaC6DseHhF7dXVqHTfJPCRDaEbid/drOhgitgYku/letMUqOXFoWV0zIIUbjpdH2t+tYj4bQMRQ==",
+      "requires": {
+        "min-indent": "^1.0.0"
+      }
     },
     "strip-json-comments": {
       "version": "2.0.1",
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index c29c8dfff..d12539296 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -57,6 +57,7 @@
     "medium-zoom": "^1.0.4",
     "opencollective-postinstall": "^2.0.2",
     "prismjs": "^1.15.0",
+    "strip-indent": "^3.0.0",
     "tinydate": "^1.0.0",
     "tweezer.js": "^1.4.0"
   },
@@ -98,4 +99,4 @@
   "collective": {
     "url": "https://opencollective.com/docsify"
   }
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+}
diff --git a/src/core/render/embed.js b/src/core/render/embed.js
index eefa07bda..51f5e4f27 100644
--- a/src/core/render/embed.js
+++ b/src/core/render/embed.js
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 import { get } from '../fetch/ajax'
 import { merge } from '../util/core'
+import stripIndent from 'strip-indent'
 
 const cached = {}
 
@@ -23,7 +24,7 @@ function walkFetchEmbed({ embedTokens, compile, fetch }, cb) {
             if (token.embed.fragment) {
               const fragment = token.embed.fragment
               const pattern = new RegExp(`(?:###|\\/\\/\\/)\\s*\\[${fragment}\\]([\\s\\S]*)(?:###|\\/\\/\\/)\\s*\\[${fragment}\\]`)
-              text = ((text.match(pattern) || [])[1] || '').trim()
+              text = stripIndent((text.match(pattern) || [])[1] || '').trim()
             }
 
             embedToken = compile.lexer(