diff --git a/Parsedown.php b/Parsedown.php
index 3f74776..ebc8097 100755
--- a/Parsedown.php
+++ b/Parsedown.php
@@ -1028,7 +1028,7 @@ class Parsedown
case '`':
- if (preg_match('/^(`+)[ ]*(.+?)[ ]*\1(?!`)/', $text, $matches))
+ if (preg_match('/^(`+)[ ]*(.+?)[ ]*(?this is also a codespan
trailing text
and look at this one!
single backtick in a code span: `
backtick-delimited string in a code span: `foo`
backtick-delimited string in a code span: `foo`
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