diff --git a/packages/example/src/pages/component-examples/demo.mdx b/packages/example/src/pages/component-examples/demo.mdx
index b087fc3fb..1e11ded00 100644
--- a/packages/example/src/pages/component-examples/demo.mdx
+++ b/packages/example/src/pages/component-examples/demo.mdx
@@ -13,6 +13,8 @@ import {
   Aside,
 } from 'gatsby-theme-carbon';
 
+IBMers believe in progress—that application of intelligence, reason and science can improve business, society and the human condition.
+
 <Row>
 <Column colMd={5} colLg={7}>
 
diff --git a/packages/gatsby-theme-carbon/src/components/markdown/markdown.scss b/packages/gatsby-theme-carbon/src/components/markdown/markdown.scss
index 76d1f88c3..4b5446093 100644
--- a/packages/gatsby-theme-carbon/src/components/markdown/markdown.scss
+++ b/packages/gatsby-theme-carbon/src/components/markdown/markdown.scss
@@ -8,10 +8,6 @@
 
 // Responsive by default
 .#{$prefix}--paragraph--responsive {
-  // simulate column padding
-  padding-left: 1rem;
-  padding-right: 1rem;
-
   // 7 columns wide
   @include carbon--breakpoint('md') {
     width: 62.5%;
@@ -26,6 +22,4 @@
 // If paragraph is inside a user specified row then allow the grid code to set the width
 .#{$prefix}--row .#{$prefix}--paragraph {
   width: 100%;
-  padding-left: 0;
-  padding-right: 0;
 }
diff --git a/packages/gatsby-theme-carbon/src/components/shared/responsiveStyles.js b/packages/gatsby-theme-carbon/src/components/shared/responsiveStyles.js
index e721e4eff..8d5d596f0 100644
--- a/packages/gatsby-theme-carbon/src/components/shared/responsiveStyles.js
+++ b/packages/gatsby-theme-carbon/src/components/shared/responsiveStyles.js
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ import mediaqueries from '../../util/media-queries';
 
 const responsiveStyles = {
   width: '100%',
-  padding: '0 1rem',
+  //padding: '0 1rem',
   [mediaqueries.md]: {
     width: '75%',
   },