diff --git a/src/Text/Pandoc/Readers/Textile.hs b/src/Text/Pandoc/Readers/Textile.hs
index 263c863ab..c6a2938a9 100644
--- a/src/Text/Pandoc/Readers/Textile.hs
+++ b/src/Text/Pandoc/Readers/Textile.hs
@@ -434,7 +434,7 @@ markupChars = "\\*#_@~-+^|%=[]"
 --  punctuation. Double quote breaks for named links. > and < break
 --  for inline html.
 stringBreakers :: [Char]
-stringBreakers = " \t\n('-.,:!?;\"<>"
+stringBreakers = " \t\n\r.,\"'?!;:<>«»„“”‚‘’()[]"
 
 wordBoundaries :: [Char]
 wordBoundaries = markupChars ++ stringBreakers