This method worked for me. In markdown (or in StackOverflow), you need to have two line breaks (ie an additional one) to start new line (or paragraph). same method worked for JSDoc
/**
* Converts the prefixed value to the specified base.
*
* Requires one of the following prefixes:
*
* '0b' Base 2: binary<br>
* '0q' Base 4: quaternary
* '0o' Base 8: octal<
* '0x' Base 16: hexadecimal
*
*/
async function test() {
return;
}
proof:
original case

with additional line:

ps
- Tested on Typescript + tslint + prettier on vscode latest (idk the version, all are updated).
- This is Loopback 4 project