1 files changed, 6 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/web/react/utils/markdown.jsx b/web/react/utils/markdown.jsx
index 1b699bc98..7a4e70054 100644
--- a/web/react/utils/markdown.jsx
+++ b/web/react/utils/markdown.jsx
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ export class MattermostMarkdownRenderer extends marked.Renderer {
         super(options);
 
         this.heading = this.heading.bind(this);
+        this.paragraph = this.paragraph.bind(this);
         this.text = this.text.bind(this);
 
         this.formattingOptions = formattingOptions;
@@ -53,7 +54,11 @@ export class MattermostMarkdownRenderer extends marked.Renderer {
     }
 
     paragraph(text) {
-        let outText = TextFormatting.doFormatText(text, this.options);
+        let outText = text;
+
+        if (!('emoticons' in this.options) || this.options.emoticon) {
+            outText = TextFormatting.doFormatEmoticons(text);
+        }
 
         if (this.formattingOptions.singleline) {
             return `<p class="markdown__paragraph-inline">${outText}</p>`;