diff --git a/core/modules/widgets/wikify.js b/core/modules/widgets/wikify.js
index 3c99c8e5c..853ebff1b 100644
--- a/core/modules/widgets/wikify.js
+++ b/core/modules/widgets/wikify.js
@@ -71,6 +71,9 @@ WikifyWidget.prototype.getResult = function() {
 		case "text":
 			result = this.wikifyContainer.textContent;
 			break;
+		case "formattedtext":
+			result = this.wikifyContainer.formattedTextContent;
+			break;
 		case "html":
 			result = this.wikifyContainer.innerHTML;
 			break;
diff --git a/editions/tw5.com/tiddlers/widgets/WikifyWidget.tid b/editions/tw5.com/tiddlers/widgets/WikifyWidget.tid
index 5b9670e49..b058587fa 100644
--- a/editions/tw5.com/tiddlers/widgets/WikifyWidget.tid
+++ b/editions/tw5.com/tiddlers/widgets/WikifyWidget.tid
@@ -1,8 +1,9 @@
-title: WikifyWidget
-created: 20160321144949700
-modified: 20160321144949700
-tags: Widgets
 caption: wikify
+created: 20160321144949700
+modified: 20161017122117062
+tags: Widgets
+title: WikifyWidget
+type: text/vnd.tiddlywiki
 
 ! Introduction
 
@@ -23,6 +24,7 @@ The available output types are:
 
 |!Keyword |!Description |
 |text |Return the plain text of the rendered output (ie HTML tags are omitted) |
+|formattedtext |Return the plain text with simple text formatting of the rendered output (ie HTML tags are omitted) |
 |html |Return the rendered HTML of the output |
 |parsetree |Return a formatted JSON representation of the parse tree |
 |widgettree |Return a formatted JSON representation of the widget tree |