diff --git a/wp-admin/js/word-count.js b/wp-admin/js/word-count.js
index c1902c39bc..40c2934b9e 100644
--- a/wp-admin/js/word-count.js
+++ b/wp-admin/js/word-count.js
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
 		removeRegExp: /[0-9.(),;:!?%#$¿'"_+=\\\/-]+/g,
 		wordsRegExp: /\S\s+/g,
 		charactersRegExp: /\S/g,
+		allRegExp: /[^\f\n\r\t\v\u00ad\u2028\u2029]/g,
 		l10n: window.wordCountL10n || {}
 	};
 
@@ -26,9 +27,9 @@
 		type = type || this.settings.l10n.type || 'words';
 
 		if ( text ) {
-			text = ' ' + text + ' ';
+			text = text + '\n';
 
-			text = text.replace( this.settings.HTMLRegExp, ' ' );
+			text = text.replace( this.settings.HTMLRegExp, '\n' );
 			text = text.replace( this.settings.spaceRegExp, ' ' );
 			text = text.replace( this.settings.removeRegExp, '' );
 
diff --git a/wp-admin/js/word-count.min.js b/wp-admin/js/word-count.min.js
index 0fd30ecca3..2bb6265369 100644
--- a/wp-admin/js/word-count.min.js
+++ b/wp-admin/js/word-count.min.js
@@ -1 +1 @@
-!function(){function a(a){var b;if(a)for(b in a)a.hasOwnProperty(b)&&(this.settings[b]=a[b])}a.prototype.settings={HTMLRegExp:/<\/?[a-z][^>]*?>/gi,spaceRegExp:/&nbsp;|&#160;/gi,removeRegExp:/[0-9.(),;:!?%#$¿'"_+=\\\/-]+/g,wordsRegExp:/\S\s+/g,charactersRegExp:/\S/g,l10n:window.wordCountL10n||{}},a.prototype.count=function(a,b){var c=0;return b=b||this.settings.l10n.type||"words",a&&(a=" "+a+" ",a=a.replace(this.settings.HTMLRegExp," "),a=a.replace(this.settings.spaceRegExp," "),a=a.replace(this.settings.removeRegExp,""),a=a.match(this.settings[b+"RegExp"]),a&&(c=a.length)),c},window.wp=window.wp||{},window.wp.utils=window.wp.utils||{},window.wp.utils.WordCounter=a}();
\ No newline at end of file
+!function(){function a(a){var b;if(a)for(b in a)a.hasOwnProperty(b)&&(this.settings[b]=a[b])}a.prototype.settings={HTMLRegExp:/<\/?[a-z][^>]*?>/gi,spaceRegExp:/&nbsp;|&#160;/gi,removeRegExp:/[0-9.(),;:!?%#$¿'"_+=\\\/-]+/g,wordsRegExp:/\S\s+/g,charactersRegExp:/\S/g,allRegExp:/[^\f\n\r\t\v\u00ad\u2028\u2029]/g,l10n:window.wordCountL10n||{}},a.prototype.count=function(a,b){var c=0;return b=b||this.settings.l10n.type||"words",a&&(a+="\n",a=a.replace(this.settings.HTMLRegExp,"\n"),a=a.replace(this.settings.spaceRegExp," "),a=a.replace(this.settings.removeRegExp,""),a=a.match(this.settings[b+"RegExp"]),a&&(c=a.length)),c},window.wp=window.wp||{},window.wp.utils=window.wp.utils||{},window.wp.utils.WordCounter=a}();
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/wp-includes/version.php b/wp-includes/version.php
index 4a00a70b03..650b227828 100644
--- a/wp-includes/version.php
+++ b/wp-includes/version.php
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
  *
  * @global string $wp_version
  */
-$wp_version = '4.3-beta3-33289';
+$wp_version = '4.3-beta3-33290';
 
 /**
  * Holds the WordPress DB revision, increments when changes are made to the WordPress DB schema.