diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -4,6 +4,16 @@
 `jira-wiki-markup` uses [PVP Versioning][1].
 The changelog is available [on GitHub][2].
 
+1.3.3
+-----
+
+Released 2021-02-12.
+
+* Modified the Doc parser to skip leading blank lines. This fixes
+  parsing of documents which start with multiple blank lines.
+
+* Prevent URLs within link aliases to be treated as autolinks.
+
 1.3.2
 -----
 
diff --git a/LICENSE b/LICENSE
--- a/LICENSE
+++ b/LICENSE
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 MIT License
 
-Copyright © 2019–2020 Albert Krewinkel
+Copyright © 2019–2021 Albert Krewinkel
 
 Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy
 of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal
diff --git a/jira-wiki-markup.cabal b/jira-wiki-markup.cabal
--- a/jira-wiki-markup.cabal
+++ b/jira-wiki-markup.cabal
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 cabal-version:       2.0
 name:                jira-wiki-markup
-version:             1.3.2
+version:             1.3.3
 synopsis:            Handle Jira wiki markup
 description:         Parse jira wiki text into an abstract syntax tree for easy
                      transformation to other formats.
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
 license-file:        LICENSE
 author:              Albert Krewinkel
 maintainer:          tarleb@zeitkraut.de
-copyright:           © 2019–2020 Albert Krewinkel
+copyright:           © 2019–2021 Albert Krewinkel
 category:            Text
 build-type:          Simple
 extra-doc-files:     README.md
diff --git a/src/Text/Jira/Markup.hs b/src/Text/Jira/Markup.hs
--- a/src/Text/Jira/Markup.hs
+++ b/src/Text/Jira/Markup.hs
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 {-# LANGUAGE LambdaCase #-}
 {-|
 Module      : Text.Jira.Markup
-Copyright   : © 2019–2020 Albert Krewinkel
+Copyright   : © 2019–2021 Albert Krewinkel
 License     : MIT
 
 Maintainer  : Albert Krewinkel <tarleb@zeitkraut.de>
diff --git a/src/Text/Jira/Parser.hs b/src/Text/Jira/Parser.hs
--- a/src/Text/Jira/Parser.hs
+++ b/src/Text/Jira/Parser.hs
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {-|
 Module      : Text.Jira.Parser
-Copyright   : © 2019–2020 Albert Krewinkel
+Copyright   : © 2019–2021 Albert Krewinkel
 License     : MIT
 
 Maintainer  : Albert Krewinkel <tarleb@zeitkraut.de>
@@ -33,4 +33,4 @@
 
 -- | Parses a list of jira blocks into a @'Doc'@ element.
 doc :: JiraParser Doc
-doc = Doc <$> many block <?> "doc"
+doc = Doc <$> (skipMany blankline *> many block) <?> "doc"
diff --git a/src/Text/Jira/Parser/Block.hs b/src/Text/Jira/Parser/Block.hs
--- a/src/Text/Jira/Parser/Block.hs
+++ b/src/Text/Jira/Parser/Block.hs
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {-|
 Module      : Text.Jira.Parser.Block
-Copyright   : © 2019–2020 Albert Krewinkel
+Copyright   : © 2019–2021 Albert Krewinkel
 License     : MIT
 
 Maintainer  : Albert Krewinkel <tarleb@zeitkraut.de>
diff --git a/src/Text/Jira/Parser/Core.hs b/src/Text/Jira/Parser/Core.hs
--- a/src/Text/Jira/Parser/Core.hs
+++ b/src/Text/Jira/Parser/Core.hs
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {-|
 Module      : Text.Jira.Parser.Core
-Copyright   : © 2019–2020 Albert Krewinkel
+Copyright   : © 2019–2021 Albert Krewinkel
 License     : MIT
 
 Maintainer  : Albert Krewinkel <tarleb@zeitkraut.de>
diff --git a/src/Text/Jira/Parser/Inline.hs b/src/Text/Jira/Parser/Inline.hs
--- a/src/Text/Jira/Parser/Inline.hs
+++ b/src/Text/Jira/Parser/Inline.hs
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 {-# LANGUAGE TupleSections #-}
 {-|
 Module      : Text.Jira.Parser.Inline
-Copyright   : © 2019–2020 Albert Krewinkel
+Copyright   : © 2019–2021 Albert Krewinkel
 License     : MIT
 
 Maintainer  : Albert Krewinkel <tarleb@zeitkraut.de>
@@ -180,8 +180,10 @@
 
 -- | Parse a plain URL or mail address as @'AutoLink'@ element.
 autolink :: JiraParser Inline
-autolink = AutoLink <$> (email' <|> url) <?> "email or other URL"
-  where email' = (\(URL e) -> URL ("mailto:" <> e)) <$> email
+autolink = do
+  guard . not . stateInLink =<< getState
+  AutoLink <$> (email' <|> url) <?> "email or other URL"
+    where email' = (\(URL e) -> URL ("mailto:" <> e)) <$> email
 
 -- | Parse a URL with scheme @file@, @ftp@, @http@, @https@, @irc@, @nntp@, or
 -- @news@.
diff --git a/src/Text/Jira/Parser/PlainText.hs b/src/Text/Jira/Parser/PlainText.hs
--- a/src/Text/Jira/Parser/PlainText.hs
+++ b/src/Text/Jira/Parser/PlainText.hs
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {-|
 Module      : Text.Jira.Parser.PlainText
-Copyright   : © 2019–2020 Albert Krewinkel
+Copyright   : © 2019–2021 Albert Krewinkel
 License     : MIT
 
 Maintainer  : Albert Krewinkel <tarleb@zeitkraut.de>
diff --git a/src/Text/Jira/Parser/Shared.hs b/src/Text/Jira/Parser/Shared.hs
--- a/src/Text/Jira/Parser/Shared.hs
+++ b/src/Text/Jira/Parser/Shared.hs
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 {-# LANGUAGE LambdaCase #-}
 {-|
 Module      : Text.Jira.Parser.Shared
-Copyright   : © 2019–2020 Albert Krewinkel
+Copyright   : © 2019–2021 Albert Krewinkel
 License     : MIT
 
 Maintainer  : Albert Krewinkel <tarleb@zeitkraut.de>
diff --git a/src/Text/Jira/Printer.hs b/src/Text/Jira/Printer.hs
--- a/src/Text/Jira/Printer.hs
+++ b/src/Text/Jira/Printer.hs
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 {-# LANGUAGE LambdaCase #-}
 {-|
 Module      : Text.Jira.Parser
-Copyright   : © 2019–2020 Albert Krewinkel
+Copyright   : © 2019–2021 Albert Krewinkel
 License     : MIT
 
 Maintainer  : Albert Krewinkel <tarleb@zeitkraut.de>
diff --git a/test/Text/Jira/Parser/BlockTests.hs b/test/Text/Jira/Parser/BlockTests.hs
--- a/test/Text/Jira/Parser/BlockTests.hs
+++ b/test/Text/Jira/Parser/BlockTests.hs
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {-|
 Module      : Text.Jira.Parser.BlockTests
-Copyright   : © 2019–2020 Albert Krewinkel
+Copyright   : © 2019–2021 Albert Krewinkel
 License     : MIT
 
 Maintainer  : Albert Krewinkel <tarleb@zeitkraut.de>
diff --git a/test/Text/Jira/Parser/InlineTests.hs b/test/Text/Jira/Parser/InlineTests.hs
--- a/test/Text/Jira/Parser/InlineTests.hs
+++ b/test/Text/Jira/Parser/InlineTests.hs
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {-|
 Module      : Text.Jira.Parser.InlineTests
-Copyright   : © 2019–2020 Albert Krewinkel
+Copyright   : © 2019–2021 Albert Krewinkel
 License     : MIT
 
 Maintainer  : Albert Krewinkel <tarleb@zeitkraut.de>
@@ -255,6 +255,13 @@
         parseJira link "[_important_ example|https://example.org]" @?=
         Right (Link External
                [Styled Emphasis [Str "important"], Space, Str "example"]
+                (URL "https://example.org"))
+
+      , testCase "alias with URL" $
+        parseJira link "[https://example.org website|https://example.org]" @?=
+        Right (Link External
+                [ Str "https", SpecialChar ':', Str "//example.org"
+                , Space, Str "website"]
                 (URL "https://example.org"))
 
       , testCase "link to anchor" $
diff --git a/test/Text/Jira/ParserTests.hs b/test/Text/Jira/ParserTests.hs
--- a/test/Text/Jira/ParserTests.hs
+++ b/test/Text/Jira/ParserTests.hs
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {-|
 Module      : Text.Jira.ParserTests
-Copyright   : © 2019–2020 Albert Krewinkel
+Copyright   : © 2019–2021 Albert Krewinkel
 License     : MIT
 
 Maintainer  : Albert Krewinkel <tarleb@zeitkraut.de>
@@ -31,6 +31,10 @@
       parse "h1. test\nThis is ok." @?=
       Right (Doc [ Header 1 [Str "test"]
                  , Para [Str "This", Space, Str "is", Space, Str "ok."]])
+
+    , testCase "leading blank lines" $
+      parse "\n\ntext\n" @?=
+      Right (Doc [Para [Str "text"]])
     ]
 
   , testGroup "plainText"
diff --git a/test/Text/Jira/PrinterTests.hs b/test/Text/Jira/PrinterTests.hs
--- a/test/Text/Jira/PrinterTests.hs
+++ b/test/Text/Jira/PrinterTests.hs
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 {-# OPTIONS_GHC -fno-warn-orphans #-}
 {-|
 Module      : Text.Jira.PrinterTests
-Copyright   : © 2019–2020 Albert Krewinkel
+Copyright   : © 2019–2021 Albert Krewinkel
 License     : MIT
 
 Maintainer  : Albert Krewinkel <tarleb@zeitkraut.de>
diff --git a/test/jira-wiki-markup-test.hs b/test/jira-wiki-markup-test.hs
--- a/test/jira-wiki-markup-test.hs
+++ b/test/jira-wiki-markup-test.hs
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {-|
 Module      : Main
-Copyright   : © 2019–2020 Albert Krewinkel
+Copyright   : © 2019–2021 Albert Krewinkel
 License     : MIT
 
 Maintainer  : Albert Krewinkel <tarleb@zeitkraut.de>