how to render line-breaks

doc/markdown/markdown.md

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 GFM honors the markdown specification in how [paragraphs and line breaks are handled](http://daringfireball.net/projects/markdown/syntax#p).
-A paragraph is simply one or more consecutive lines of text, separated by one or more blank lines.:
-    Roses are red
+A paragraph is simply one or more consecutive lines of text, separated by one or more blank lines.  
+Line-breaks, or softreturns, are rendered if you end a line with two or more spaces
+    Roses are red [followed by two or more spaces]  
     Violets are blue
     Sugar is sweet