diff --git a/modules/markup/html.go b/modules/markup/html.go
index d33afd384..f83f70f10 100644
--- a/modules/markup/html.go
+++ b/modules/markup/html.go
@@ -391,7 +391,11 @@ func RenderShortLinks(rawBytes []byte, urlPrefix string, noLink bool, isWikiMark
 		}
 		absoluteLink := isLink([]byte(link))
 		if !absoluteLink {
-			link = strings.Replace(link, " ", "+", -1)
+			if image {
+				link = strings.Replace(link, " ", "+", -1)
+			} else {
+				link = strings.Replace(link, " ", "-", -1)
+			}
 		}
 		if image {
 			if !absoluteLink {