diff --git a/markwon/src/main/java/ru/noties/markwon/Markwon.java b/markwon/src/main/java/ru/noties/markwon/Markwon.java
index b9fe2dad..6214fc16 100644
--- a/markwon/src/main/java/ru/noties/markwon/Markwon.java
+++ b/markwon/src/main/java/ru/noties/markwon/Markwon.java
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ package ru.noties.markwon;
 
 import android.content.Context;
 import android.support.annotation.NonNull;
+import android.text.Spanned;
 import android.widget.TextView;
 
 import org.commonmark.node.Node;
@@ -17,11 +18,11 @@ public abstract class Markwon {
     public abstract Node parse(@NonNull String input);
 
     @NonNull
-    public abstract CharSequence render(@NonNull Node node);
+    public abstract Spanned render(@NonNull Node node);
 
     // parse + render
     @NonNull
-    public abstract CharSequence toMarkdown(@NonNull String input);
+    public abstract Spanned toMarkdown(@NonNull String input);
 
     public abstract void setMarkdown(@NonNull TextView textView, @NonNull String markdown);
 
diff --git a/markwon/src/main/java/ru/noties/markwon/MarkwonImpl.java b/markwon/src/main/java/ru/noties/markwon/MarkwonImpl.java
index fe6747c7..2114f050 100644
--- a/markwon/src/main/java/ru/noties/markwon/MarkwonImpl.java
+++ b/markwon/src/main/java/ru/noties/markwon/MarkwonImpl.java
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 package ru.noties.markwon;
 
 import android.support.annotation.NonNull;
+import android.text.Spanned;
 import android.widget.TextView;
 
 import org.commonmark.node.Node;
@@ -39,7 +40,7 @@ class MarkwonImpl extends Markwon {
 
     @NonNull
     @Override
-    public CharSequence render(@NonNull Node node) {
+    public Spanned render(@NonNull Node node) {
 
         for (MarkwonPlugin plugin : plugins) {
             plugin.beforeRender(node);
@@ -51,12 +52,12 @@ class MarkwonImpl extends Markwon {
             plugin.afterRender(node, visitor);
         }
 
-        return visitor.builder().text();
+        return visitor.builder().spannableStringBuilder();
     }
 
     @NonNull
     @Override
-    public CharSequence toMarkdown(@NonNull String input) {
+    public Spanned toMarkdown(@NonNull String input) {
         return render(parse(input));
     }