diff --git a/app/scripts/util/formatting/md-to-html.js b/app/scripts/util/formatting/md-to-html.js
index fdcd0681..90afea95 100644
--- a/app/scripts/util/formatting/md-to-html.js
+++ b/app/scripts/util/formatting/md-to-html.js
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ const MdToHtml = {
             return '';
         }
         const renderer = new MdRenderer();
-        const html = marked(md, { renderer });
+        const html = marked(md, { renderer, breaks: true });
         const htmlWithoutLineBreaks = html.replace(whiteSpaceRegex, '');
         const mdWithoutLineBreaks = md.replace(whiteSpaceRegex, '');
         if (htmlWithoutLineBreaks === mdWithoutLineBreaks) {
diff --git a/release-notes.md b/release-notes.md
index f52518bd..220a80a1 100644
--- a/release-notes.md
+++ b/release-notes.md
@@ -5,7 +5,9 @@ Release notes
 `+` optimized memory consumption for large files  
 `+` opening XML and CSV files using the Open button  
 `-` ykman v4 support  
-`-` setting expire date in the past  
+`-` setting expiry date in the past
+`-` legacy auto-type removed  
+`-` fix #1762: line breaks in Markdown notes  
 
 ##### v1.17.4 (2021-03-18)
 `-` fix #1740: Windows updater issues