diff --git a/charabia/src/separators.rs b/charabia/src/separators.rs
index 5405be8..3d4a849 100644
--- a/charabia/src/separators.rs
+++ b/charabia/src/separators.rs
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@
 /// - Zp Paragraph Separator
 /// - Zs Space Separator
 /// plus ". ", ", " and ។ល។" (៘ decomposition) to categorize them as hard separators
+/// and "`" to understand markdown formatted text
 #[rustfmt::skip]
 pub const DEFAULT_SEPARATORS: &[&str] = &[
     ". ", ", ", "_", "‿", "⁀", "⁔", "︳", "︴", "﹍", "﹎", "﹏", "＿", "-", "֊", "־", "᐀", "᠆", "‐", "‒", "–",
@@ -58,7 +59,7 @@ pub const DEFAULT_SEPARATORS: &[&str] = &[
     "𑪠", "𑪡", "𑪢", "𑱁", "𑱂", "𑱃", "𑱄", "𑱅", "𑱰", "𑱱", "𑻷", "𑻸", "𑿿", "𒑰", "𒑱", "𒑲", "𒑳", "𒑴", "𖩮",
     "𖩯", "𖫵", "𖬷", "𖬸", "𖬹", "𖬺", "𖬻", "𖭄", "𖺗", "𖺘", "𖺙", "𖺚", "𖿢", "𛲟", "𝪇", "𝪈", "𝪉", "𝪊", "𝪋",
     "𞥞", "𞥟", "\n", "\r", "\u{2029}", " ", " ", " ", " ", " ", " ", " ", " ", " ", " ", " ", " ",
-    " ", "　"
+    " ", "　", "`"
 ];
 
 #[rustfmt::skip]