diff --git a/web/markdown/markdown-spoiler.react.js b/web/markdown/markdown-spoiler.react.js
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..1a3016957
--- /dev/null
+++ b/web/markdown/markdown-spoiler.react.js
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+// @flow
+
+import * as React from 'react';
+
+import type { ReactElement } from 'lib/shared/markdown';
+
+type MarkdownSpoilerProps = {
+  +text: ReactElement,
+};
+
+function MarkdownSpoiler(props: MarkdownSpoilerProps): React.Node {
+  const { text } = props;
+
+  return <span>{text}</span>;
+}
+
+const MemoizedMarkdownSpoiler: React.ComponentType<MarkdownSpoilerProps> = React.memo<MarkdownSpoilerProps>(
+  MarkdownSpoiler,
+);
+
+export default MemoizedMarkdownSpoiler;
diff --git a/web/markdown/rules.react.js b/web/markdown/rules.react.js
index 7a668ac59..a27a84bee 100644
--- a/web/markdown/rules.react.js
+++ b/web/markdown/rules.react.js
@@ -1,210 +1,213 @@
 // @flow
 
 import _memoize from 'lodash/memoize';
 import * as React from 'react';
 import * as SimpleMarkdown from 'simple-markdown';
 
 import { relativeMemberInfoSelectorForMembersOfThread } from 'lib/selectors/user-selectors';
 import * as SharedMarkdown from 'lib/shared/markdown';
 import type { RelativeMemberInfo } from 'lib/types/thread-types';
 
 import { useSelector } from '../redux/redux-utils';
+import MarkdownSpoiler from './markdown-spoiler.react';
 
 export type MarkdownRules = {
   +simpleMarkdownRules: SharedMarkdown.ParserRules,
   +useDarkStyle: boolean,
 };
 
 const linkRules: boolean => MarkdownRules = _memoize(useDarkStyle => {
   const simpleMarkdownRules = {
     // We are using default simple-markdown rules
     // For more details, look at native/markdown/rules.react
     link: {
       ...SimpleMarkdown.defaultRules.link,
       match: () => null,
       // eslint-disable-next-line react/display-name
       react: (
         node: SharedMarkdown.SingleASTNode,
         output: SharedMarkdown.Output<SharedMarkdown.ReactElement>,
         state: SharedMarkdown.State,
       ) => (
         <a
           href={SimpleMarkdown.sanitizeUrl(node.target)}
           key={state.key}
           title={node.title}
           target="_blank"
           rel="noopener noreferrer"
         >
           {output(node.content, state)}
         </a>
       ),
     },
     paragraph: {
       ...SimpleMarkdown.defaultRules.paragraph,
       match: SimpleMarkdown.blockRegex(SharedMarkdown.paragraphRegex),
       // eslint-disable-next-line react/display-name
       react: (
         node: SharedMarkdown.SingleASTNode,
         output: SharedMarkdown.Output<SharedMarkdown.ReactElement>,
         state: SharedMarkdown.State,
       ) => (
         <React.Fragment key={state.key}>
           {output(node.content, state)}
         </React.Fragment>
       ),
     },
     text: SimpleMarkdown.defaultRules.text,
     url: {
       ...SimpleMarkdown.defaultRules.url,
       match: SimpleMarkdown.inlineRegex(SharedMarkdown.urlRegex),
     },
   };
   return {
     simpleMarkdownRules: simpleMarkdownRules,
     useDarkStyle,
   };
 });
 
 const markdownRules: boolean => MarkdownRules = _memoize(useDarkStyle => {
   const linkMarkdownRules = linkRules(useDarkStyle);
 
   const simpleMarkdownRules = {
     ...linkMarkdownRules.simpleMarkdownRules,
     autolink: SimpleMarkdown.defaultRules.autolink,
     link: {
       ...linkMarkdownRules.simpleMarkdownRules.link,
       match: SimpleMarkdown.defaultRules.link.match,
     },
     blockQuote: {
       ...SimpleMarkdown.defaultRules.blockQuote,
       // match end of blockQuote by either \n\n or end of string
       match: SharedMarkdown.matchBlockQuote(SharedMarkdown.blockQuoteRegex),
       parse: SharedMarkdown.parseBlockQuote,
     },
     spoiler: {
       order: SimpleMarkdown.defaultRules.paragraph.order - 1,
       match: SimpleMarkdown.inlineRegex(SharedMarkdown.spoilerRegex),
       parse(
         capture: SharedMarkdown.Capture,
         parse: SharedMarkdown.Parser,
         state: SharedMarkdown.State,
       ) {
         const content = capture[1];
         return {
           content: SimpleMarkdown.parseInline(parse, content, state),
         };
       },
       // eslint-disable-next-line react/display-name
       react: (
         node: SharedMarkdown.SingleASTNode,
         output: SharedMarkdown.Output<SharedMarkdown.ReactElement>,
         state: SharedMarkdown.State,
-      ) => <span>{output(node.content, state)}</span>,
+      ) => (
+        <MarkdownSpoiler key={state.key} text={output(node.content, state)} />
+      ),
     },
     inlineCode: SimpleMarkdown.defaultRules.inlineCode,
     em: SimpleMarkdown.defaultRules.em,
     strong: SimpleMarkdown.defaultRules.strong,
     del: SimpleMarkdown.defaultRules.del,
     u: SimpleMarkdown.defaultRules.u,
     heading: {
       ...SimpleMarkdown.defaultRules.heading,
       match: SimpleMarkdown.blockRegex(SharedMarkdown.headingRegex),
     },
     mailto: SimpleMarkdown.defaultRules.mailto,
     codeBlock: {
       ...SimpleMarkdown.defaultRules.codeBlock,
       match: SimpleMarkdown.blockRegex(SharedMarkdown.codeBlockRegex),
       parse: (capture: SharedMarkdown.Capture) => ({
         content: capture[0].replace(/^ {4}/gm, ''),
       }),
     },
     fence: {
       ...SimpleMarkdown.defaultRules.fence,
       match: SimpleMarkdown.blockRegex(SharedMarkdown.fenceRegex),
       parse: (capture: SharedMarkdown.Capture) => ({
         type: 'codeBlock',
         content: capture[2],
       }),
     },
     json: {
       order: SimpleMarkdown.defaultRules.paragraph.order - 1,
       match: (source: string, state: SharedMarkdown.State) => {
         if (state.inline) {
           return null;
         }
         return SharedMarkdown.jsonMatch(source);
       },
       parse: (capture: SharedMarkdown.Capture) => {
         const jsonCapture: SharedMarkdown.JSONCapture = (capture: any);
         return {
           type: 'codeBlock',
           content: SharedMarkdown.jsonPrint(jsonCapture),
         };
       },
     },
     list: {
       ...SimpleMarkdown.defaultRules.list,
       match: SharedMarkdown.matchList,
       parse: SharedMarkdown.parseList,
     },
     escape: SimpleMarkdown.defaultRules.escape,
   };
   return {
     ...linkMarkdownRules,
     simpleMarkdownRules,
     useDarkStyle,
   };
 });
 
 function useTextMessageRulesFunc(
   threadID: ?string,
 ): ?(boolean) => MarkdownRules {
   const threadMembers = useSelector(
     relativeMemberInfoSelectorForMembersOfThread(threadID),
   );
   return React.useMemo(() => {
     if (!threadMembers) {
       return undefined;
     }
     return _memoize<[boolean], MarkdownRules>((useDarkStyle: boolean) =>
       textMessageRules(threadMembers, useDarkStyle),
     );
   }, [threadMembers]);
 }
 
 function textMessageRules(
   members: $ReadOnlyArray<RelativeMemberInfo>,
   useDarkStyle: boolean,
 ): MarkdownRules {
   const baseRules = markdownRules(useDarkStyle);
   return {
     ...baseRules,
     simpleMarkdownRules: {
       ...baseRules.simpleMarkdownRules,
       mention: {
         ...SimpleMarkdown.defaultRules.strong,
         match: SharedMarkdown.matchMentions(members),
         parse: (capture: SharedMarkdown.Capture) => ({
           content: capture[0],
         }),
         // eslint-disable-next-line react/display-name
         react: (
           node: SharedMarkdown.SingleASTNode,
           output: SharedMarkdown.Output<SharedMarkdown.ReactElement>,
           state: SharedMarkdown.State,
         ) => <strong key={state.key}>{node.content}</strong>,
       },
     },
   };
 }
 
 let defaultTextMessageRules = null;
 
 function getDefaultTextMessageRules(): MarkdownRules {
   if (!defaultTextMessageRules) {
     defaultTextMessageRules = textMessageRules([], false);
   }
   return defaultTextMessageRules;
 }
 
 export { linkRules, useTextMessageRulesFunc, getDefaultTextMessageRules };