diff --git a/lib/marked.js b/lib/marked.js
index 2696019cda..1faab722cf 100644
--- a/lib/marked.js
+++ b/lib/marked.js
@@ -457,7 +457,7 @@ var inline = {
   nolink: /^!?\[((?:\[[^\]]*\]|[^\[\]])*)\]/,
   strong: /^__([\s\S]+?)__(?!_)|^\*\*([\s\S]+?)\*\*(?!\*)/,
   em: /^\b_((?:[^_]|__)+?)_\b|^\*((?:\*\*|[\s\S])+?)\*(?!\*)/,
-  code: /^(`+)\s*([\s\S]*?[^`])\s*\1(?!`)/,
+  code: /^(`+)([\s\S]*?[^`])\1(?!`)/,
   br: /^ {2,}\n(?!\s*$)/,
   del: noop,
   text: /^[\s\S]+?(?=[\\<!\[_*`]| {2,}\n|$)/
@@ -661,7 +661,7 @@ InlineLexer.prototype.output = function(src) {
     // code
     if (cap = this.rules.code.exec(src)) {
       src = src.substring(cap[0].length);
-      out += this.renderer.codespan(escape(cap[2], true));
+      out += this.renderer.codespan(escape(cap[2].trim(), true));
       continue;
     }