diff --git a/mod/babel.php b/mod/babel.php
index 3352366bd5..fcd63113e8 100644
--- a/mod/babel.php
+++ b/mod/babel.php
@@ -6,8 +6,10 @@
 use Friendica\Content\Text;
 use Friendica\Core\L10n;
 
-function visible_lf($s)
+function visible_whitespace($s)
 {
+	$s = str_replace(' ', ' ', $s);
+
 	return str_replace("\n", '<br />', $s);
 }
 
@@ -20,19 +22,19 @@ function babel_content()
 				$bbcode = trim($_REQUEST['text']);
 				$results[] = [
 					'title' => L10n::t('Source input'),
-					'content' => visible_lf($bbcode)
+					'content' => visible_whitespace($bbcode)
 				];
 
 				$plain = Text\BBCode::toPlaintext($bbcode, false);
 				$results[] = [
 					'title' => L10n::t('BBCode::toPlaintext'),
-					'content' => visible_lf($plain)
+					'content' => visible_whitespace($plain)
 				];
 
 				$html = Text\BBCode::convert($bbcode);
 				$results[] = [
-					'title' => L10n::t("BBCode::convert \x28raw HTML\x29"),
-					'content' => htmlspecialchars($html)
+					'title' => L10n::t('BBCode::convert (raw HTML)'),
+					'content' => visible_whitespace(htmlspecialchars($html))
 				];
 
 				$results[] = [
@@ -43,13 +45,13 @@ function babel_content()
 				$bbcode2 = Text\HTML::toBBCode($html);
 				$results[] = [
 					'title' => L10n::t('BBCode::convert => HTML::toBBCode'),
-					'content' => visible_lf($bbcode2)
+					'content' => visible_whitespace($bbcode2)
 				];
 
 				$markdown = Text\BBCode::toMarkdown($bbcode);
 				$results[] = [
 					'title' => L10n::t('BBCode::toMarkdown'),
-					'content' => visible_lf($markdown)
+					'content' => visible_whitespace($markdown)
 				];
 
 				$html2 = Text\Markdown::convert($markdown);
@@ -61,22 +63,33 @@ function babel_content()
 				$bbcode3 = Text\Markdown::toBBCode($markdown);
 				$results[] = [
 					'title' => L10n::t('BBCode::toMarkdown => Markdown::toBBCode'),
-					'content' => visible_lf($bbcode3)
+					'content' => visible_whitespace($bbcode3)
 				];
 
 				$bbcode4 = Text\HTML::toBBCode($html2);
 				$results[] = [
 					'title' => L10n::t('BBCode::toMarkdown =>  Markdown::convert => HTML::toBBCode'),
-					'content' => visible_lf($bbcode4)
+					'content' => visible_whitespace($bbcode4)
 				];
 				break;
 			case 'markdown':
 				$markdown = trim($_REQUEST['text']);
 				$results[] = [
-					'title' => L10n::t('Source input \x28Diaspora format\x29'),
+					'title' => L10n::t('Source input (Diaspora format)'),
 					'content' => '<pre>' . $markdown . '</pre>'
 				];
 
+				$html = Text\Markdown::convert($markdown);
+				$results[] = [
+					'title' => L10n::t('Markdown::convert (raw HTML)'),
+					'content' => htmlspecialchars($html)
+				];
+
+				$results[] = [
+					'title' => L10n::t('Markdown::convert'),
+					'content' => $html
+				];
+
 				$bbcode = Text\Markdown::toBBCode($markdown);
 				$results[] = [
 					'title' => L10n::t('Markdown::toBBCode'),
@@ -86,7 +99,7 @@ function babel_content()
 			case 'html' :
 				$html = trim($_REQUEST['text']);
 				$results[] = [
-					'title' => L10n::t("Raw HTML input"),
+					'title' => L10n::t('Raw HTML input'),
 					'content' => htmlspecialchars($html)
 				];
 
@@ -98,7 +111,7 @@ function babel_content()
 				$bbcode = Text\HTML::toBBCode($html);
 				$results[] = [
 					'title' => L10n::t('HTML::toBBCode'),
-					'content' => visible_lf($bbcode)
+					'content' => visible_whitespace($bbcode)
 				];
 
 				$text = Text\HTML::toPlaintext($html);