1 files changed, 14 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/lib/rdoc/markup/paragraph.rb b/lib/rdoc/markup/paragraph.rb
index 808430d576..7180729f75 100644
--- a/lib/rdoc/markup/paragraph.rb
+++ b/lib/rdoc/markup/paragraph.rb
@@ -10,5 +10,19 @@ class RDoc::Markup::Paragraph < RDoc::Markup::Raw
     visitor.accept_paragraph self
   end
 
+  ##
+  # Joins the raw paragraph text and converts inline HardBreaks to the
+  # +hard_break+ text.
+
+  def text hard_break = ''
+    @parts.map do |part|
+      if RDoc::Markup::HardBreak === part then
+        hard_break
+      else
+        part
+      end
+    end.join
+  end
+
 end