diff --git a/layouts/_default/_markup/render-link.html b/layouts/_default/_markup/render-link.html
index 00f1874a..2e002998 100644
--- a/layouts/_default/_markup/render-link.html
+++ b/layouts/_default/_markup/render-link.html
@@ -15,4 +15,5 @@
   {{ end -}}
 {{ end -}}
 <!-- prettier-ignore -->
-<a href="{{ $link | safeURL }}"{{ with .Title }} title="{{ . }}"{{ end }}{{ if $isRemote }} target="_blank" rel="noreferrer"{{ end }}>{{- .Text | safeHTML -}}</a>
\ No newline at end of file
+{{- /* the two "-" around this block removes the newline introduced by the HTML comment above */ -}}
+<a href="{{ $link | safeURL }}"{{ with .Title }} title="{{ . }}"{{ end }}{{ if $isRemote }} target="_blank" rel="noreferrer"{{ end }}>{{- .Text | safeHTML -}}</a>