diff --git a/app/assets/javascripts/discourse/templates/user-card.hbs b/app/assets/javascripts/discourse/templates/user-card.hbs
index dc4b23258..d7d9fbe44 100644
--- a/app/assets/javascripts/discourse/templates/user-card.hbs
+++ b/app/assets/javascripts/discourse/templates/user-card.hbs
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@
       <b>{{i18n 'user.suspended_reason'}}</b> {{user.suspend_reason}}
     </div>
   {{else}}
-    {{#if user.bio_cooked}}<div class='bio'>{{text-overflow class="overflow" text=user.bio_cooked}}</div>{{/if}}
+    {{#if user.bio_cooked}}<div class='bio'>{{text-overflow class="overflow" text=user.bio_excerpt}}</div>{{/if}}
   {{/if}}
 
   {{#if user.card_badge}}
diff --git a/app/serializers/user_serializer.rb b/app/serializers/user_serializer.rb
index f9ba6563b..737b1f39e 100644
--- a/app/serializers/user_serializer.rb
+++ b/app/serializers/user_serializer.rb
@@ -196,16 +196,7 @@ class UserSerializer < BasicUserSerializer
   end
 
   def bio_excerpt
-    # If they have a bio return it
-    excerpt = object.user_profile.bio_excerpt
-    return excerpt if excerpt.present?
-
-    # Without a bio, determine what message to show
-    if scope.user && scope.user.id == object.id
-      I18n.t('user_profile.no_info_me', username_lower: object.username_lower)
-    else
-      I18n.t('user_profile.no_info_other', name: object.name)
-    end
+    object.user_profile.bio_excerpt(350 ,keep_newlines: true)
   end
 
   def include_suspend_reason?
diff --git a/lib/excerpt_parser.rb b/lib/excerpt_parser.rb
index bb2606a1a..f36fd0150 100644
--- a/lib/excerpt_parser.rb
+++ b/lib/excerpt_parser.rb
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ class ExcerptParser < Nokogiri::XML::SAX::Document
     @strip_links = options[:strip_links] == true
     @text_entities = options[:text_entities] == true
     @markdown_images = options[:markdown_images] == true
+    @keep_newlines = options[:keep_newlines] == true
     @start_excerpt = false
   end
 
@@ -92,7 +93,11 @@ class ExcerptParser < Nokogiri::XML::SAX::Document
         @in_a = false
       end
     when "p", "br"
-      characters(" ")
+      if @keep_newlines
+        characters("<br>", false, false, false)
+      else
+        characters(" ")
+      end
     when "aside"
       @in_quote = false
     when "div", "span"