<p>

Summary

The HTML <p> element (or HTML Paragraph Element) represents a paragraph of text. Paragraphs are block-level elements.

• Content categories Flow content, palpable content.
• Permitted content Phrasing content.
• Tag omission The start tag is mandatory. The end tag may be omitted if the <p> element is immediately followed by an <address>, <article>, <aside>, <blockquote>, <div>, <dl>, <fieldset>, <footer>, <form>, <h1>, <h2>, <h3>, <h4>, <h5>, <h6>, <header>, <hr>, <menu>, <nav>, <ol>, <pre>, <section>, <table>, <ul> or another <p> element, or if there is no more content in the parent element and the parent element is not an <a> element.
• Permitted parent elements Any element that accepts flow content.
• DOM interface HTMLParagraphElement

Attributes

This element includes the global attributes.

In HTML5, the align attribute on <p> is .

Example

<p>This is the first paragraph of text. This is the first paragraph of text.
  This is the first paragraph of text. This is the first paragraph of text.</p>

<p>This is second paragraph of text. This is second paragraph of text.
   This is second paragraph of text. This is second paragraph of text.</p>

Above HTML will output:

This is the first paragraph of text. This is the first paragraph of text. This is the first paragraph of text. This is the first paragraph of text.

This is second paragraph of text. This is second paragraph of text. This is second paragraph of text. This is second paragraph of text.

Notes

To change gaps between paragraphs use CSS margin property. Do not insert empty paragraphs elements or <br> between them.

Specifications

Browser compatibility

See also

• <hr>
• <br>