diff --git a/src/apps/haiku-depot/textview/MarkupParser.cpp b/src/apps/haiku-depot/textview/MarkupParser.cpp
index 8025be1b0d..5d3b8ad2d5 100644
--- a/src/apps/haiku-depot/textview/MarkupParser.cpp
+++ b/src/apps/haiku-depot/textview/MarkupParser.cpp
@@ -195,11 +195,11 @@ MarkupParser::_ParseText(const BString& text)
 				break;
 
 			case ' ':
-				// Detect bullets at line starts
+				// Detect bullets at line starts (preceeding space)
 				if (offset == start
 					&& fCurrentParagraph.IsEmpty()
 					&& offset + 2 < charCount
-					&& c[0] == '*' && c[1] == ' ') {
+					&& (c[0] == '*' || c[0] == '-') && c[1] == ' ') {
 
 					fCurrentParagraph.SetStyle(fBulletStyle);
 
@@ -210,6 +210,23 @@ MarkupParser::_ParseText(const BString& text)
 				}
 				break;
 
+			case '*':
+			case '-':
+				// Detect bullets at line starts (no preceeding space)
+				if (offset == start
+					&& fCurrentParagraph.IsEmpty()
+					&& offset + 1 < charCount
+					&& c[0] == ' ') {
+
+					fCurrentParagraph.SetStyle(fBulletStyle);
+
+					offset += 1;
+					c += 1;
+
+					start = offset + 1;
+				}
+				break;
+
 			default:
 				break;