diff --git a/retroshare-gui/src/gui/chat/ChatWidget.cpp b/retroshare-gui/src/gui/chat/ChatWidget.cpp
index cfde6a028..44bd9c426 100644
--- a/retroshare-gui/src/gui/chat/ChatWidget.cpp
+++ b/retroshare-gui/src/gui/chat/ChatWidget.cpp
@@ -1738,9 +1738,9 @@ void ChatWidget::quote()
 	if(text.length() > 0)
 	{
 		QStringList sl = text.split(QRegExp("[\r\n]"),QString::SkipEmptyParts);
-		text = sl.join("\n>");
-		text.replace(QChar(-4),"");//Char used when image on text.
-		emit ui->chatTextEdit->append(QString(">") + text);
+		text = sl.join("\n> ");
+		text.replace(QChar(-4)," ");//Char used when image on text.
+		emit ui->chatTextEdit->append(QString("> ") + text);
 	}
 }
 
diff --git a/retroshare-gui/src/util/HandleRichText.cpp b/retroshare-gui/src/util/HandleRichText.cpp
index f8299687a..73801bd5b 100644
--- a/retroshare-gui/src/util/HandleRichText.cpp
+++ b/retroshare-gui/src/util/HandleRichText.cpp
@@ -1187,9 +1187,9 @@ QString RsHtml::makeQuotedText(RSTextBrowser *browser)
 		text = browser->toPlainText();
 	}
 	QStringList sl = text.split(QRegExp("[\r\n]"),QString::SkipEmptyParts);
-	text = sl.join("\n>");
-	text.replace(QChar(-4),"");//Char used when image on text.
-	return QString(">") + text;
+	text = sl.join("\n> ");
+	text.replace(QChar(-4)," ");//Char used when image on text.
+	return QString("> ") + text;
 }
 
 void RsHtml::insertSpoilerText(QTextCursor cursor)