diff --git a/NEWS.md b/NEWS.md
index 457e24a621..b7692a7f6a 100644
--- a/NEWS.md
+++ b/NEWS.md
@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
 rmarkdown 2.1
 ================================================================================
 
+- In word and odt document output, `\newpage` and `\pagebreak` can now be placed at the very end of paragraph to add the page break in the output after the last word and avoid an undesired blank page. (thanks, @atusy, @cderv, #1753)
+
 - Added the returned output from `shiny::runApp()` within `rmarkdown::run()` (thanks, @schloerke, #1760).
 
 - YAML header is now correctly parsed in `html_notebook`'s intermediate `.knit.md` file so that features like adding bibliography works again (thanks, @everdark, @cderv, #1747).
diff --git a/inst/rmd/lua/pagebreak.lua b/inst/rmd/lua/pagebreak.lua
index 0177a4cca9..3ccac6d522 100644
--- a/inst/rmd/lua/pagebreak.lua
+++ b/inst/rmd/lua/pagebreak.lua
@@ -48,19 +48,27 @@ local function pagebreaks_from_config (meta)
 end
 
 --- Return a block element causing a page break in the given format.
-local function newpage(format)
+local function newpage(format, type)
+  -- type define if we add block or inline
+  type = type or 'block'
+  if type:match 'block' then
+    add_raw = pandoc.RawBlock
+  elseif type:match 'inline' then
+    add_raw = pandoc.RawInline
+  end
+  -- the format define the string to add
   if format == 'docx' then
-    return pandoc.RawBlock('openxml', pagebreak.ooxml)
+    return add_raw('openxml', pagebreak.ooxml)
   elseif format:match 'latex' then
-    return pandoc.RawBlock('tex', pagebreak.latex)
+    return add_raw('tex', pagebreak.latex)
   elseif format:match 'odt' then
-    return pandoc.RawBlock('opendocument', pagebreak.odt)
+    return add_raw('opendocument', pagebreak.odt)
   elseif format:match 'html.*' then
-    return pandoc.RawBlock('html', pagebreak.html)
+    return add_raw('html', pagebreak.html)
   elseif format:match 'epub' then
-    return pandoc.RawBlock('html', pagebreak.epub)
+    return add_raw('html', pagebreak.epub)
   elseif format:match 'context' then
-    return pandoc.RawBlock('context', pagebreak.context)
+    return add_raw('context', pagebreak.context)
   else
     -- fall back to insert a form feed character
     return pandoc.Para{pandoc.Str '\f'}
@@ -89,12 +97,25 @@ function RawBlock (el)
   return nil
 end
 
--- Turning paragraphs which contain nothing but a form feed
--- characters into line breaks.
+-- Filter function called on each RawBlock element.
 function Para (el)
+  -- Turning paragraphs which contains nothing but a form feed
+  -- characters into line breaks.
   if #el.content == 1 and el.content[1].text == '\f' then
     return newpage(FORMAT)
   end
+  -- Turning newpage command inside a paragraphs into inline raw
+  -- working only for docx or odt for now
+  if FORMAT:match 'docx' or FORMAT:match 'odt' then
+    return pandoc.walk_block(el, {
+      RawInline = function(el)
+        -- check that the inline raw is TeX or LaTeX and matches
+        -- \newpage or \pagebreak.
+        if el.format:match 'tex' and is_newpage_command(el.text) then
+          return newpage(FORMAT, "inline")
+        end
+      end })
+  end
 end
 
 return {
diff --git a/vignettes/lua-filters.Rmd b/vignettes/lua-filters.Rmd
index 976b03c3c2..0cb1d6ccad 100644
--- a/vignettes/lua-filters.Rmd
+++ b/vignettes/lua-filters.Rmd
@@ -120,6 +120,21 @@ output: word_document
 # First Header
 ````
 
+It is also possible to add the pagebreak command at the very end of a paragraph. This can be useful to avoid a blank page with only the pagebreak paragraph.
+
+````md
+---
+title: My main title
+output: word_document
+---
+
+# First Header
+
+Some text\newpage
+
+This text will be on a new page.
+````
+
 ### Using with ODT documents {#odt}
 
 To use the pagebreak feature with `odt_document()`, you need to provide a reference document that includes a paragraph style with, by default, the name _Pagebreak_. This named paragraph style should have no extra space before or after and have a pagebreak after it. (see [libre office documentation](https://help.libreoffice.org/Writer/Text_Flow) on how to create a style). 
@@ -141,6 +156,22 @@ output:
 # First Header
 ````
 
+Also like with Word output, it is also possible to add the pagebreak command at the very end of a paragraph in ODT document too. 
+
+````md
+---
+title: My main title
+output: 
+  odt_document:
+    reference_odt: reference.odt
+---
+
+# First Header
+
+Some text\newpage
+
+This text will be on a new page.
+````
 
 ## About lua filters {#lua-filter}