diff --git a/bookwyrm/tests/views/test_status.py b/bookwyrm/tests/views/test_status.py
index 5874d9f2f..750d1ea5f 100644
--- a/bookwyrm/tests/views/test_status.py
+++ b/bookwyrm/tests/views/test_status.py
@@ -428,6 +428,14 @@ http://www.fish.com/"""
             f'(<a href="{url}">www.fish.com/</a>)',
         )
 
+    def test_format_links_punctuation(self, *_):
+        """don’t take trailing punctuation into account pls"""
+        url = "http://www.fish.com/"
+        self.assertEqual(
+            views.status.format_links(f"{url}."),
+            f'<a href="{url}">www.fish.com/</a>.',
+        )
+
     def test_format_links_special_chars(self, *_):
         """find and format urls into a tags"""
         url = "https://archive.org/details/dli.granth.72113/page/n25/mode/2up"
diff --git a/bookwyrm/views/status.py b/bookwyrm/views/status.py
index e3a7481f8..7670c2e8f 100644
--- a/bookwyrm/views/status.py
+++ b/bookwyrm/views/status.py
@@ -305,6 +305,11 @@ def format_links(content):
             formatted_content += potential_link[0]
             potential_link = potential_link[1:-1]
 
+        ends_with_punctuation = _ends_with_punctuation(potential_link)
+        if ends_with_punctuation:
+            punctuation_glyph = potential_link[-1]
+            potential_link = potential_link[0:-1]
+
         try:
             # raises an error on anything that's not a valid link
             validator(potential_link)
@@ -324,6 +329,9 @@ def format_links(content):
         if wrapped:
             formatted_content += wrapper_close
 
+        if ends_with_punctuation:
+            formatted_content += punctuation_glyph
+
     return formatted_content
 
 
@@ -336,6 +344,15 @@ def _wrapped(text):
     return False
 
 
+def _ends_with_punctuation(text):
+    """check if a line of text is wrapped"""
+    glyphs = [".", ",", ";", ":", "!", "?", "”", "’", '"', "»"]
+    for glyph in glyphs:
+        if text[-1] == glyph:
+            return True
+    return False
+
+
 def to_markdown(content):
     """catch links and convert to markdown"""
     content = format_links(content)