diff --git a/src/components/Widgets/Markdown/MarkdownControl/VisualEditor/rules.js b/src/components/Widgets/Markdown/MarkdownControl/VisualEditor/rules.js
index 27cb8d3a..c898aff1 100644
--- a/src/components/Widgets/Markdown/MarkdownControl/VisualEditor/rules.js
+++ b/src/components/Widgets/Markdown/MarkdownControl/VisualEditor/rules.js
@@ -73,6 +73,6 @@ const codeBlocksContainPlainText = {
   },
 };
 
-const rules = [ enforceNeverEmpty, shortcodesAtRoot, codeBlocksContainPlainText ];
+const rules = [ enforceNeverEmpty, shortcodesAtRoot, noTrailingShortcodes, codeBlocksContainPlainText ];
 
 export default rules;