diff --git a/app/helpers/application_helper.rb b/app/helpers/application_helper.rb
index bf55e05a5..7f7cdfe82 100644
--- a/app/helpers/application_helper.rb
+++ b/app/helpers/application_helper.rb
@@ -1278,7 +1278,7 @@ module ApplicationHelper
                 \{\{                        # opening tag
                 ([\w]+)                     # macro name
                 (\(([^\n\r]*?)\))?          # optional arguments
-                ([\n\r].*?[\n\r])?          # optional block of text
+                (\R.*?\R?)?                 # optional block of text
                 \}\}                        # closing tag
                 )
                )/mx unless const_defined?(:MACROS_RE)