diff --git a/boards/mdx_neboard.py b/boards/mdx_neboard.py
--- a/boards/mdx_neboard.py
+++ b/boards/mdx_neboard.py
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ REFLINK_PATTERN = re.compile(r'^\d+$')
 MULTI_NEWLINES_PATTERN = re.compile(r'(\r?\n){2,}')
 ONE_NEWLINE = '\n'
 REGEX_URL = re.compile(r'https?\://[a-zA-Z0-9\-\.]+\.[a-zA-Z]{2,3}(/\S*)?')
+LINE_BREAK_HTML = '<div class="br"></div>'
 
 
 class TextFormatter():
@@ -50,8 +51,8 @@ class AutolinkPattern():
 
 
 class QuotePattern(TextFormatter):
-    name = 'q'
-    preview_left = '<span class="multiquote">'
+    name = '>q'
+    preview_left = '<span class="quote">'
     preview_right = '</span>'
 
     format_left = '[quote]'
@@ -161,7 +162,10 @@ def render_quote(tag_name, value, option
     if source:
         result = '<div class="multiquote"><div class="quote-header">%s</div><div class="quote-text">%s</div></div>' % (source, value)
     else:
-        result = '<span class="quote">&gt;%s</span>' % value
+        # Insert a ">" at the start of every line
+        result = '<span class="quote">&gt;{}</span>'.format(
+                value.replace(LINE_BREAK_HTML,
+                    '{}&gt;'.format(LINE_BREAK_HTML)))
 
     return result
 
@@ -197,7 +201,7 @@ class Parser:
     def __init__(self):
         # The newline hack is added because br's margin does not work in all
         # browsers except firefox, when the div's does.
-        self.parser = bbcode.Parser(newline='<div class="br"></div>')
+        self.parser = bbcode.Parser(newline=LINE_BREAK_HTML)
 
         self.parser.add_formatter('post', render_reflink, strip=True)
         self.parser.add_formatter('thread', render_multithread, strip=True)
diff --git a/boards/templates/boards/staticpages/help.html b/boards/templates/boards/staticpages/help.html
--- a/boards/templates/boards/staticpages/help.html
+++ b/boards/templates/boards/staticpages/help.html
@@ -15,7 +15,8 @@
     <p>[thread]123[/thread] — {% trans 'Add post to this thread' %}</p>
     <p>[s]<span class="strikethrough">{% trans 'Strikethrough text' %}</span>[/s]</p>
     <p>[comment]<span class="comment">{% trans 'Comment' %}</span>[/comment]</p>
-    <p>[quote]<span class="multiquote">{% trans 'Quote' %}</span>[/quote]</p>
+    <p>[quote]<span class="quote">&gt;{% trans 'Quote' %}</span>[/quote]</p>
+    <p>[quote source=src]<div class="multiquote"><div class="quote-header">src</div><div class="quote-text">{% trans 'Quote' %}</div></div><br />[/quote]</p>
     <br/>
     <p>{% trans 'You can try pasting the text and previewing the result here:' %} <a href="{% url 'preview' %}">{% trans 'Preview' %}</a></p>
 {% endblock %}