diff --git a/layouts/_default/_markup/render-link.html b/layouts/_default/_markup/render-link.html
index 3a5e601..a8120b2 100644
--- a/layouts/_default/_markup/render-link.html
+++ b/layouts/_default/_markup/render-link.html
@@ -1 +1 @@
-<a href="{{ .Destination | safeURL }}"{{ with .Title}}title="{{ . }}"{{ end }}{{ if strings.HasPrefix .Destination "http" }}target="_blank" rel="noopener"{{ end }}>{{ .Text | safeHTML }}</a>
+<a href="{{ .Destination | safeURL }}"{{ with .Title}}title="{{ . }}"{{ end }}{{ if strings.HasPrefix .Destination "http" }}target="_blank" rel="noopener"{{ end }}>{{ .Text | safeHTML }}</a>{{/* DO NOT REMOVE THE TRAILING NEWLINE HERE -- it prevents there from being whitespace in between the link and the next word/element (for example: if there's a period right after a link) */}}
\ No newline at end of file