diff --git a/components/prism-bash.min.js b/components/prism-bash.min.js
index b2550482b7..49845568d1 100644
--- a/components/prism-bash.min.js
+++ b/components/prism-bash.min.js
@@ -1 +1 @@
-!function(e){var t={variable:[{pattern:/\$?\(\([\s\S]+?\)\)/,inside:{variable:[{pattern:/(^\$\(\([\s\S]+)\)\)/,lookbehind:!0},/^\$\(\(/],number:/\b0x[\dA-Fa-f]+\b|(?:\b\d+\.?\d*|\B\.\d+)(?:[Ee]-?\d+)?/,operator:/--?|-=|\+\+?|\+=|!=?|~|\*\*?|\*=|\/=?|%=?|<<=?|>>=?|<=?|>=?|==?|&&?|&=|\^=?|\|\|?|\|=|\?|:/,punctuation:/\(\(?|\)\)?|,|;/}},{pattern:/\$\([^)]+\)|`[^`]+`/,greedy:!0,inside:{variable:/^\$\(|^`|\)$|`$/}},/\$(?:[\w#?*!@]+|\{[^}]+\})/i]};e.languages.bash={shebang:{pattern:/^#!\s*\/bin\/bash|^#!\s*\/bin\/sh/,alias:"important"},comment:{pattern:/(^|[^"{\\])#.*/,lookbehind:!0},string:[{pattern:/((?:^|[^<])<<\s*)["']?(\w+?)["']?\s*\r?\n(?:[\s\S])*?\r?\n\2/,lookbehind:!0,greedy:!0,inside:t},{pattern:/(["'])(?:\\[\s\S]|\$\([^)]+\)|`[^`]+`|(?!\1)[^\\])*\1/,greedy:!0,inside:t}],variable:t.variable,function:{pattern:/(^|[\s;|&])(?:alias|apropos|apt|apt-cache|apt-get|aptitude|aspell|automysqlbackup|awk|basename|bash|bc|bconsole|bg|builtin|bzip2|cal|cat|cd|cfdisk|chgrp|chkconfig|chmod|chown|chroot|cksum|clear|cmp|comm|command|cp|cron|crontab|csplit|curl|cut|date|dc|dd|ddrescue|debootstrap|df|diff|diff3|dig|dir|dircolors|dirname|dirs|dmesg|du|egrep|eject|enable|env|ethtool|eval|exec|expand|expect|export|expr|fdformat|fdisk|fg|fgrep|file|find|fmt|fold|format|free|fsck|ftp|fuser|gawk|getopts|git|gparted|grep|groupadd|groupdel|groupmod|groups|grub-mkconfig|gzip|halt|hash|head|help|hg|history|host|hostname|htop|iconv|id|ifconfig|ifdown|ifup|import|install|ip|jobs|join|kill|killall|less|link|ln|locate|logname|logout|logrotate|look|lpc|lpr|lprint|lprintd|lprintq|lprm|ls|lsof|lynx|make|man|mc|mdadm|mkconfig|mkdir|mke2fs|mkfifo|mkfs|mkisofs|mknod|mkswap|mmv|more|most|mount|mtools|mtr|mutt|mv|nano|nc|netstat|nice|nl|nohup|notify-send|npm|nslookup|op|open|parted|passwd|paste|pathchk|ping|pkill|popd|pr|printcap|printenv|printf|ps|pushd|pv|pwd|quota|quotacheck|quotactl|ram|rar|rcp|read|readarray|readonly|reboot|remsync|rename|renice|rev|rm|rmdir|rpm|rsync|scp|screen|sdiff|sed|sendmail|seq|service|sftp|shift|shopt|shutdown|sleep|slocate|sort|source|split|ssh|stat|strace|su|sudo|sum|suspend|swapon|sync|tail|tar|tee|test|time|timeout|times|top|touch|tr|traceroute|trap|tsort|tty|type|ulimit|umask|umount|unalias|uname|unexpand|uniq|units|unrar|unshar|unzip|update-grub|uptime|useradd|userdel|usermod|users|uudecode|uuencode|vdir|vi|vim|virsh|vmstat|wait|watch|wc|wget|whereis|which|who|whoami|write|xargs|xdg-open|yes|zip|zypper)(?=$|[\s;|&])/,lookbehind:!0},keyword:{pattern:/(^|[\s;|&])(?:let|:|\.|if|then|else|elif|fi|for|break|continue|while|in|case|function|select|do|done|until|echo|exit|return|set|declare)(?=$|[\s;|&])/,lookbehind:!0},boolean:{pattern:/(^|[\s;|&])(?:true|false)(?=$|[\s;|&])/,lookbehind:!0},operator:/&&?|\|\|?|==?|!=?|<<<?|>>|<=?|>=?|=~/,punctuation:/\$?\(\(?|\)\)?|\.\.|[{}[\];]/};var a=t.variable[1].inside;a.string=e.languages.bash.string,a.function=e.languages.bash.function,a.keyword=e.languages.bash.keyword,a.boolean=e.languages.bash.boolean,a.operator=e.languages.bash.operator,a.punctuation=e.languages.bash.punctuation,e.languages.shell=e.languages.bash}(Prism);
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+!function(e){var t={variable:[{pattern:/\$?\(\([\s\S]+?\)\)/,inside:{variable:[{pattern:/(^\$\(\([\s\S]+)\)\)/,lookbehind:!0},/^\$\(\(/],number:/\b0x[\dA-Fa-f]+\b|(?:\b\d+\.?\d*|\B\.\d+)(?:[Ee]-?\d+)?/,operator:/--?|-=|\+\+?|\+=|!=?|~|\*\*?|\*=|\/=?|%=?|<<=?|>>=?|<=?|>=?|==?|&&?|&=|\^=?|\|\|?|\|=|\?|:/,punctuation:/\(\(?|\)\)?|,|;/}},{pattern:/\$\([^)]+\)|`[^`]+`/,greedy:!0,inside:{variable:/^\$\(|^`|\)$|`$/}},/\$(?:[\w#?*!@]+|\{[^}]+\})/i]};e.languages.bash={shebang:{pattern:/^#!\s*\/bin\/bash|^#!\s*\/bin\/sh/,alias:"important"},comment:{pattern:/(^|[^"{\\])#.*/,lookbehind:!0},string:[{pattern:/((?:^|[^<])<<\s*)["']?(\w+?)["']?\s*\r?\n(?:[\s\S])*?\r?\n\2/,lookbehind:!0,greedy:!0,inside:t},{pattern:/(["'])(?:\\[\s\S]|\$\([^)]+\)|`[^`]+`|(?!\1)[^\\])*\1/,greedy:!0,inside:t}],variable:t.variable,"function":{pattern:/(^|[\s;|&])(?:alias|apropos|apt|apt-cache|apt-get|aptitude|aspell|automysqlbackup|awk|basename|bash|bc|bconsole|bg|builtin|bzip2|cal|cat|cd|cfdisk|chgrp|chkconfig|chmod|chown|chroot|cksum|clear|cmp|comm|command|cp|cron|crontab|csplit|curl|cut|date|dc|dd|ddrescue|debootstrap|df|diff|diff3|dig|dir|dircolors|dirname|dirs|dmesg|du|egrep|eject|enable|env|ethtool|eval|exec|expand|expect|export|expr|fdformat|fdisk|fg|fgrep|file|find|fmt|fold|format|free|fsck|ftp|fuser|gawk|getopts|git|gparted|grep|groupadd|groupdel|groupmod|groups|grub-mkconfig|gzip|halt|hash|head|help|hg|history|host|hostname|htop|iconv|id|ifconfig|ifdown|ifup|import|install|ip|jobs|join|kill|killall|less|link|ln|locate|logname|logout|logrotate|look|lpc|lpr|lprint|lprintd|lprintq|lprm|ls|lsof|lynx|make|man|mc|mdadm|mkconfig|mkdir|mke2fs|mkfifo|mkfs|mkisofs|mknod|mkswap|mmv|more|most|mount|mtools|mtr|mutt|mv|nano|nc|netstat|nice|nl|nohup|notify-send|npm|nslookup|op|open|parted|passwd|paste|pathchk|ping|pkill|popd|pr|printcap|printenv|printf|ps|pushd|pv|pwd|quota|quotacheck|quotactl|ram|rar|rcp|read|readarray|readonly|reboot|remsync|rename|renice|rev|rm|rmdir|rpm|rsync|scp|screen|sdiff|sed|sendmail|seq|service|sftp|shift|shopt|shutdown|sleep|slocate|sort|source|split|ssh|stat|strace|su|sudo|sum|suspend|swapon|sync|tail|tar|tee|test|time|timeout|times|top|touch|tr|traceroute|trap|tsort|tty|type|ulimit|umask|umount|unalias|uname|unexpand|uniq|units|unrar|unshar|unzip|update-grub|uptime|useradd|userdel|usermod|users|uudecode|uuencode|vdir|vi|vim|virsh|vmstat|wait|watch|wc|wget|whereis|which|who|whoami|write|xargs|xdg-open|yes|zip|zypper)(?=$|[\s;|&])/,lookbehind:!0},keyword:{pattern:/(^|[\s;|&])(?:let|:|\.|if|then|else|elif|fi|for|break|continue|while|in|case|function|select|do|done|until|echo|exit|return|set|declare)(?=$|[\s;|&])/,lookbehind:!0},"boolean":{pattern:/(^|[\s;|&])(?:true|false)(?=$|[\s;|&])/,lookbehind:!0},operator:/&&?|\|\|?|==?|!=?|<<<?|>>|<=?|>=?|=~/,punctuation:/\$?\(\(?|\)\)?|\.\.|[{}[\];]/};var a=t.variable[1].inside;a.string=e.languages.bash.string,a["function"]=e.languages.bash["function"],a.keyword=e.languages.bash.keyword,a["boolean"]=e.languages.bash["boolean"],a.operator=e.languages.bash.operator,a.punctuation=e.languages.bash.punctuation,e.languages.shell=e.languages.bash}(Prism);
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diff --git a/components/prism-markdown.js b/components/prism-markdown.js
index 6ec38a0e91..5f2510dbfd 100644
--- a/components/prism-markdown.js
+++ b/components/prism-markdown.js
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ Prism.languages.insertBefore('markdown', 'prolog', {
 
 			// title 2
 			// -------
-			pattern: /\w+.*(?:\r?\n|\r)(?:==+|--+)/,
+			pattern: /\S.*(?:\r?\n|\r)(?:==+|--+)/,
 			alias: 'important',
 			inside: {
 				punctuation: /==+$|--+$/
diff --git a/components/prism-markdown.min.js b/components/prism-markdown.min.js
index a13d883ebb..44b17fc9d8 100644
--- a/components/prism-markdown.min.js
+++ b/components/prism-markdown.min.js
@@ -1 +1 @@
-Prism.languages.markdown=Prism.languages.extend("markup",{}),Prism.languages.insertBefore("markdown","prolog",{blockquote:{pattern:/^>(?:[\t ]*>)*/m,alias:"punctuation"},code:[{pattern:/^(?: {4}|\t).+/m,alias:"keyword"},{pattern:/``.+?``|`[^`\n]+`/,alias:"keyword"}],title:[{pattern:/\w+.*(?:\r?\n|\r)(?:==+|--+)/,alias:"important",inside:{punctuation:/==+$|--+$/}},{pattern:/(^\s*)#+.+/m,lookbehind:!0,alias:"important",inside:{punctuation:/^#+|#+$/}}],hr:{pattern:/(^\s*)([*-])(?:[\t ]*\2){2,}(?=\s*$)/m,lookbehind:!0,alias:"punctuation"},list:{pattern:/(^\s*)(?:[*+-]|\d+\.)(?=[\t ].)/m,lookbehind:!0,alias:"punctuation"},"url-reference":{pattern:/!?\[[^\]]+\]:[\t ]+(?:\S+|<(?:\\.|[^>\\])+>)(?:[\t ]+(?:"(?:\\.|[^"\\])*"|'(?:\\.|[^'\\])*'|\((?:\\.|[^)\\])*\)))?/,inside:{variable:{pattern:/^(!?\[)[^\]]+/,lookbehind:!0},string:/(?:"(?:\\.|[^"\\])*"|'(?:\\.|[^'\\])*'|\((?:\\.|[^)\\])*\))$/,punctuation:/^[\[\]!:]|[<>]/},alias:"url"},bold:{pattern:/(^|[^\\])(\*\*|__)(?:(?:\r?\n|\r)(?!\r?\n|\r)|.)+?\2/,lookbehind:!0,greedy:!0,inside:{punctuation:/^\*\*|^__|\*\*$|__$/}},italic:{pattern:/(^|[^\\])([*_])(?:(?:\r?\n|\r)(?!\r?\n|\r)|.)+?\2/,lookbehind:!0,greedy:!0,inside:{punctuation:/^[*_]|[*_]$/}},strike:{pattern:/(^|[^\\])(~~?)(?:(?:\r?\n|\r)(?!\r?\n|\r)|.)+?\2/,lookbehind:!0,greedy:!0,inside:{punctuation:/^~~?|~~?$/}},url:{pattern:/!?\[[^\]]+\](?:\([^\s)]+(?:[\t ]+"(?:\\.|[^"\\])*")?\)| ?\[[^\]\n]*\])/,inside:{variable:{pattern:/(!?\[)[^\]]+(?=\]$)/,lookbehind:!0},string:{pattern:/"(?:\\.|[^"\\])*"(?=\)$)/}}}}),Prism.languages.markdown.bold.inside.url=Prism.languages.markdown.url,Prism.languages.markdown.italic.inside.url=Prism.languages.markdown.url,Prism.languages.markdown.strike.inside.url=Prism.languages.markdown.url,Prism.languages.markdown.bold.inside.italic=Prism.languages.markdown.italic,Prism.languages.markdown.bold.inside.strike=Prism.languages.markdown.strike,Prism.languages.markdown.italic.inside.bold=Prism.languages.markdown.bold,Prism.languages.markdown.italic.inside.strike=Prism.languages.markdown.strike,Prism.languages.markdown.strike.inside.bold=Prism.languages.markdown.bold,Prism.languages.markdown.strike.inside.italic=Prism.languages.markdown.italic;
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+Prism.languages.markdown=Prism.languages.extend("markup",{}),Prism.languages.insertBefore("markdown","prolog",{blockquote:{pattern:/^>(?:[\t ]*>)*/m,alias:"punctuation"},code:[{pattern:/^(?: {4}|\t).+/m,alias:"keyword"},{pattern:/``.+?``|`[^`\n]+`/,alias:"keyword"}],title:[{pattern:/\S.*(?:\r?\n|\r)(?:==+|--+)/,alias:"important",inside:{punctuation:/==+$|--+$/}},{pattern:/(^\s*)#+.+/m,lookbehind:!0,alias:"important",inside:{punctuation:/^#+|#+$/}}],hr:{pattern:/(^\s*)([*-])(?:[\t ]*\2){2,}(?=\s*$)/m,lookbehind:!0,alias:"punctuation"},list:{pattern:/(^\s*)(?:[*+-]|\d+\.)(?=[\t ].)/m,lookbehind:!0,alias:"punctuation"},"url-reference":{pattern:/!?\[[^\]]+\]:[\t ]+(?:\S+|<(?:\\.|[^>\\])+>)(?:[\t ]+(?:"(?:\\.|[^"\\])*"|'(?:\\.|[^'\\])*'|\((?:\\.|[^)\\])*\)))?/,inside:{variable:{pattern:/^(!?\[)[^\]]+/,lookbehind:!0},string:/(?:"(?:\\.|[^"\\])*"|'(?:\\.|[^'\\])*'|\((?:\\.|[^)\\])*\))$/,punctuation:/^[\[\]!:]|[<>]/},alias:"url"},bold:{pattern:/(^|[^\\])(\*\*|__)(?:(?:\r?\n|\r)(?!\r?\n|\r)|.)+?\2/,lookbehind:!0,greedy:!0,inside:{punctuation:/^\*\*|^__|\*\*$|__$/}},italic:{pattern:/(^|[^\\])([*_])(?:(?:\r?\n|\r)(?!\r?\n|\r)|.)+?\2/,lookbehind:!0,greedy:!0,inside:{punctuation:/^[*_]|[*_]$/}},strike:{pattern:/(^|[^\\])(~~?)(?:(?:\r?\n|\r)(?!\r?\n|\r)|.)+?\2/,lookbehind:!0,greedy:!0,inside:{punctuation:/^~~?|~~?$/}},url:{pattern:/!?\[[^\]]+\](?:\([^\s)]+(?:[\t ]+"(?:\\.|[^"\\])*")?\)| ?\[[^\]\n]*\])/,inside:{variable:{pattern:/(!?\[)[^\]]+(?=\]$)/,lookbehind:!0},string:{pattern:/"(?:\\.|[^"\\])*"(?=\)$)/}}}}),Prism.languages.markdown.bold.inside.url=Prism.languages.markdown.url,Prism.languages.markdown.italic.inside.url=Prism.languages.markdown.url,Prism.languages.markdown.strike.inside.url=Prism.languages.markdown.url,Prism.languages.markdown.bold.inside.italic=Prism.languages.markdown.italic,Prism.languages.markdown.bold.inside.strike=Prism.languages.markdown.strike,Prism.languages.markdown.italic.inside.bold=Prism.languages.markdown.bold,Prism.languages.markdown.italic.inside.strike=Prism.languages.markdown.strike,Prism.languages.markdown.strike.inside.bold=Prism.languages.markdown.bold,Prism.languages.markdown.strike.inside.italic=Prism.languages.markdown.italic;
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diff --git a/prism.js b/prism.js
index a64a4614a5..1bb30ec769 100644
--- a/prism.js
+++ b/prism.js
@@ -906,4 +906,4 @@ Prism.languages.js = Prism.languages.javascript;
 		self.Prism.fileHighlight();
 	});
 
-})();
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+})();
diff --git a/tests/languages/markdown/hr_feature.test b/tests/languages/markdown/hr_feature.test
index 412022652e..bba290d4ac 100644
--- a/tests/languages/markdown/hr_feature.test
+++ b/tests/languages/markdown/hr_feature.test
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 ***
+
 ---
+
 * * *
 
 ----------------------------------------------------
@@ -12,4 +14,4 @@
 
 ----------------------------------------------------
 
-Checks for hr.
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+Checks for hr.
diff --git a/tests/languages/markdown/title_feature.test b/tests/languages/markdown/title_feature.test
index e02e86fb7b..a06f332636 100644
--- a/tests/languages/markdown/title_feature.test
+++ b/tests/languages/markdown/title_feature.test
@@ -4,6 +4,12 @@ title 1
 foobar
 ======
 
+Überschrift
+===========
+
+Überschrift
+--
+
 title 2
 --
 
@@ -19,6 +25,8 @@ title 2
 [
 	["title", ["title 1\r\n", ["punctuation", "=="]]],
 	["title", ["foobar\r\n", ["punctuation", "======"]]],
+	["title", ["Überschrift\r\n", ["punctuation", "==========="]]],
+	["title", ["Überschrift\r\n", ["punctuation", "--"]]],
 	["title", ["title 2\r\n", ["punctuation", "--"]]],
 
 	["title", [["punctuation", "#"], " title 1"]],
@@ -31,4 +39,4 @@ title 2
 
 ----------------------------------------------------
 
-Checks for titles.
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+Checks for titles.