diff --git a/src/main/java/net/dv8tion/jda/api/utils/MarkdownSanitizer.java b/src/main/java/net/dv8tion/jda/api/utils/MarkdownSanitizer.java
index 49874f7ec6..d3f927793f 100644
--- a/src/main/java/net/dv8tion/jda/api/utils/MarkdownSanitizer.java
+++ b/src/main/java/net/dv8tion/jda/api/utils/MarkdownSanitizer.java
@@ -57,6 +57,8 @@ public class MarkdownSanitizer
     public static final int QUOTE       = 1 << 9;
     /** Quote block region such as {@code ">>> text here"} */
     public static final int QUOTE_BLOCK = 1 << 10;
+    /** Small text such as {@code "-# text here"} */
+    public static final int SMALL_TEXT = 1 << 11;
 
     private static final int ESCAPED_BOLD        = Integer.MIN_VALUE | BOLD;
     private static final int ESCAPED_ITALICS_U   = Integer.MIN_VALUE | ITALICS_U;
@@ -69,10 +71,12 @@ public class MarkdownSanitizer
     private static final int ESCAPED_STRIKE      = Integer.MIN_VALUE | STRIKE;
     private static final int ESCAPED_QUOTE       = Integer.MIN_VALUE | QUOTE;
     private static final int ESCAPED_QUOTE_BLOCK = Integer.MIN_VALUE | QUOTE_BLOCK;
+    private static final int ESCAPED_SMALL_TEXT  = Integer.MIN_VALUE | SMALL_TEXT;
 
     private static final Pattern codeLanguage = Pattern.compile("^\\w+\n.*", Pattern.MULTILINE | Pattern.DOTALL);
     private static final Pattern quote = Pattern.compile("> +.*", Pattern.DOTALL | Pattern.MULTILINE);
     private static final Pattern quoteBlock = Pattern.compile(">>>\\s+\\S.*", Pattern.DOTALL | Pattern.MULTILINE);
+    private static final Pattern smallText = Pattern.compile("-#\\s+\\S.*", Pattern.DOTALL | Pattern.MULTILINE);
 
     private static final TIntObjectMap<String> tokens;
 
diff --git a/src/main/java/net/dv8tion/jda/api/utils/MarkdownUtil.java b/src/main/java/net/dv8tion/jda/api/utils/MarkdownUtil.java
index a37d97b997..7e7b29eb25 100644
--- a/src/main/java/net/dv8tion/jda/api/utils/MarkdownUtil.java
+++ b/src/main/java/net/dv8tion/jda/api/utils/MarkdownUtil.java
@@ -214,4 +214,20 @@ public static String maskedLink(@Nonnull String text, @Nonnull String url)
     {
         return "[" + text.replace("]", "\\]") + "](" + url.replace(")", "%29") + ")";
     }
+
+    /**
+     * Applies small text formatting to the String.
+     * <br>The resulting String will be {@code "-# " + escaped(input).replace("\n", "\n-# ")}.
+     * 
+     * @param  input
+     *         The input to turn into small text.
+     * 
+     * @return The resulting output.
+     */
+    @Nonnull
+    public static String smallText(@Nonnull String input)
+    {
+        String sanitized = MarkdownSanitizer.escape(input, ~MarkdownSanitizer.SMALL_TEXT);
+        return "-# " + sanitized.replace("\n", "\n-# ");
+    }
 }
diff --git a/src/test/java/net/dv8tion/jda/test/util/MarkdownUtilTest.java b/src/test/java/net/dv8tion/jda/test/util/MarkdownUtilTest.java
index c9143bcf24..4090b101b1 100644
--- a/src/test/java/net/dv8tion/jda/test/util/MarkdownUtilTest.java
+++ b/src/test/java/net/dv8tion/jda/test/util/MarkdownUtilTest.java
@@ -105,4 +105,11 @@ void testMaskedLink()
         assertThat(maskedLink("Hello", "World)")).isEqualTo("[Hello](World%29)");
         assertThat(maskedLink("Hello]", "World)")).isEqualTo("[Hello\\]](World%29)");
     }
+    
+    @Test
+    void testSmallText()
+    {
+        assertThat(smallText("Hello World")).isEqualTo("-# Hello World");
+        assertThat(smallText("Hello World\nTest World")).isEqualTo("-# Hello World\n-# Test World");
+    }
 }