diff --git a/src/language-markdown/printer-markdown.js b/src/language-markdown/printer-markdown.js
index f37cb99b094b..a6b43ddbb38e 100644
--- a/src/language-markdown/printer-markdown.js
+++ b/src/language-markdown/printer-markdown.js
@@ -409,13 +409,12 @@ function genericPrint(path, options, print) {
         "$$"
       ]);
     case "inlineMath": {
-      // $$math$$ can be block math in some variants
-      // see https://github.com/Rokt33r/remark-math#double-dollars-in-inline
-      const style =
-        options.originalText[node.position.start.offset + 1] === "$"
-          ? "$$"
-          : "$";
-      return concat([style, node.value, style]);
+      // remark-math trims content but we don't want to remove whitespaces
+      // since it's very possible that it's recognized as math accidentally
+      return options.originalText.slice(
+        options.locStart(node),
+        options.locEnd(node)
+      );
     }
 
     case "tableRow": // handled in "table"
diff --git a/tests/markdown_math/__snapshots__/jsfmt.spec.js.snap b/tests/markdown_math/__snapshots__/jsfmt.spec.js.snap
index a70ef75ce3cb..aa24f4331aca 100644
--- a/tests/markdown_math/__snapshots__/jsfmt.spec.js.snap
+++ b/tests/markdown_math/__snapshots__/jsfmt.spec.js.snap
@@ -28,6 +28,13 @@ $$
 
 `;
 
+exports[`math-like.md - markdown-verify 1`] = `
+$10 - $20
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+$10 - $20
+
+`;
+
 exports[`remark-math.md - markdown-verify 1`] = `
 <!-- tests from https://github.com/Rokt33r/remark-math/blob/9e13e49/specs/remark-math.spec.js -->
 
diff --git a/tests/markdown_math/math-like.md b/tests/markdown_math/math-like.md
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..832901386322
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/markdown_math/math-like.md
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+$10 - $20