diff --git a/bundle/latex2html5.bundle.js b/bundle/latex2html5.bundle.js
index 2567407..0b608e7 100644
--- a/bundle/latex2html5.bundle.js
+++ b/bundle/latex2html5.bundle.js
@@ -2222,7 +2222,7 @@ var LaTeX2HTML5 = (() => {
     return "</div>";
   }
   var Functions2 = {
-    bq: () => '<p class="quotation">',
+    bq: () => '<blockquote class="quotation">',
     claim(m) {
       return headed("Claim", "claim", this, m);
     },
@@ -2267,7 +2267,7 @@ var LaTeX2HTML5 = (() => {
     endproblem: () => closed(),
     endsolution: () => closed(),
     endtheorem: () => closed(),
-    eq: () => "</p>",
+    eq: () => "</blockquote>",
     example(m) {
       return headed("Example", "example", this, m);
     },
@@ -4603,7 +4603,7 @@ var LaTeX2HTML5 = (() => {
      * @returns the lines with runs of text wrapped in paragraphs
      */
     paragraphize(lines) {
-      const isBlock = (l) => /^\s*<(h[1-6]|ul|ol|li|p|div|table|blockquote|pre|figure)\b/i.test(l);
+      const isBlock = (l) => /^\s*<\/?(h[1-6]|ul|ol|li|p|div|table|blockquote|pre|figure)\b/i.test(l);
       const mathEnvBegin = /\\begin\{(align\*?|alignat\*?|equation\*?|eqnarray\*?|gather\*?|multline\*?)\}/;
       const out = [];
       let para = [];
diff --git a/bundle/latex2js.css b/bundle/latex2js.css
index a08c09d..708d61c 100644
--- a/bundle/latex2js.css
+++ b/bundle/latex2js.css
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ span.tt {
   font-family: courier;
 }
 
-p.quotation {
+blockquote.quotation {
   padding: 0 0 0 15px;
   margin: 0 0 20px;
   font-size: 10pt;
diff --git a/packages/css/latex2js.css b/packages/css/latex2js.css
index a08c09d..708d61c 100644
--- a/packages/css/latex2js.css
+++ b/packages/css/latex2js.css
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ span.tt {
   font-family: courier;
 }
 
-p.quotation {
+blockquote.quotation {
   padding: 0 0 0 15px;
   margin: 0 0 20px;
   font-size: 10pt;
diff --git a/packages/latex2js/latex2js.css b/packages/latex2js/latex2js.css
index a08c09d..708d61c 100644
--- a/packages/latex2js/latex2js.css
+++ b/packages/latex2js/latex2js.css
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ span.tt {
   font-family: courier;
 }
 
-p.quotation {
+blockquote.quotation {
   padding: 0 0 0 15px;
   margin: 0 0 20px;
   font-size: 10pt;
diff --git a/packages/latex2js/src/lib/headers.ts b/packages/latex2js/src/lib/headers.ts
index b644ee0..bb89333 100644
--- a/packages/latex2js/src/lib/headers.ts
+++ b/packages/latex2js/src/lib/headers.ts
@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@ function closed(): string {
 }
 
 export const Functions = {
-  bq: () => '<p class="quotation">',
+  bq: () => '<blockquote class="quotation">',
   claim(this: any, m?: any) { return headed('Claim', 'claim', this, m); },
   corollary(this: any, m?: any) { return headed('Corollary', 'corollary', this, m); },
   definition(this: any, m?: any) { return headed('Definition', 'definition', this, m); },
@@ -96,7 +96,7 @@ export const Functions = {
   endproblem: () => closed(),
   endsolution: () => closed(),
   endtheorem: () => closed(),
-  eq: () => '</p>',
+  eq: () => '</blockquote>',
   example(this: any, m?: any) { return headed('Example', 'example', this, m); },
   problem(this: any, m?: any) { return headed('Problem', 'problem', this, m); },
   proof: () => '<div class="theorem-env theorem-env--proof"><h4 class="theorem-head">Proof</h4> ',
diff --git a/packages/latex2js/src/lib/parser.ts b/packages/latex2js/src/lib/parser.ts
index c4ff288..5696e6d 100644
--- a/packages/latex2js/src/lib/parser.ts
+++ b/packages/latex2js/src/lib/parser.ts
@@ -641,7 +641,7 @@ class Parser {
    */
   paragraphize(lines: string[]): string[] {
     const isBlock = (l: string) =>
-      /^\s*<(h[1-6]|ul|ol|li|p|div|table|blockquote|pre|figure)\b/i.test(l);
+      /^\s*<\/?(h[1-6]|ul|ol|li|p|div|table|blockquote|pre|figure)\b/i.test(l);
     // Display-math environments MathJax recognizes in running text. One is a
     // single unit however many lines it spans: splitting it across paragraph
     // elements breaks the begin/end into separate text nodes, and MathJax can
diff --git a/packages/latex2js/test/math-env-paragraphs.test.ts b/packages/latex2js/test/math-env-paragraphs.test.ts
index f7ea1af..65f78b0 100644
--- a/packages/latex2js/test/math-env-paragraphs.test.ts
+++ b/packages/latex2js/test/math-env-paragraphs.test.ts
@@ -62,4 +62,19 @@ After.
     expect(paras.some((l: string) => l.includes('Before.'))).toBe(true);
     expect(paras.some((l: string) => l.includes('After.'))).toBe(true);
   });
+
+  it('nests quotation paragraphs inside the quotation wrapper', () => {
+    const parsed = latex.parse(`
+\\begin{quotation}
+Quoted text.
+\\end{quotation}
+    `);
+    const math = parsed.find((el: any) => el.type === 'math');
+    const output = math.lines.join('\n');
+
+    expect(output).toContain('<blockquote class="quotation">');
+    expect(output).toContain('<p class="para">Quoted text.');
+    expect(output).toMatch(/<p class="para">Quoted text\.<\/p>\s*<\/blockquote>/);
+    expect(output).not.toContain('<blockquote class="quotation">\n</blockquote>');
+  });
 });