3 files changed, 6 insertions, 17 deletions
diff --git a/html.c b/html.c
index 3d2e014e..7833b9e5 100644
--- a/html.c
+++ b/html.c
@@ -306,11 +306,6 @@ print_otag(struct html *h, enum htmltag tag,
 	putchar('>');
 
 	h->flags |= HTML_NOSPACE;
-	if (HTML_CLRLINE & htmltags[tag].flags)
-		h->flags |= HTML_NEWLINE;
-	else
-		h->flags &= ~HTML_NEWLINE;
-
 	return(t);
 }
 
@@ -323,10 +318,8 @@ print_ctag(struct html *h, enum htmltag tag)
 	printf("</%s>", htmltags[tag].name);
 	if (HTML_CLRLINE & htmltags[tag].flags) {
 		h->flags |= HTML_NOSPACE;
-		h->flags |= HTML_NEWLINE;
 		putchar('\n');
-	} else
-		h->flags &= ~HTML_NEWLINE;
+	} 
 }
 
 
@@ -372,8 +365,6 @@ print_text(struct html *h, const char *p)
 	if ( ! (h->flags & HTML_NOSPACE))
 		putchar(' ');
 
-	h->flags &= ~HTML_NEWLINE;
-
 	assert(p);
 	if ( ! print_encode(h, p))
 		h->flags &= ~HTML_NOSPACE;
diff --git a/html.h b/html.h
index add7c12b..31ce8130 100644
--- a/html.h
+++ b/html.h
@@ -101,7 +101,6 @@ struct	htmlpair {
 struct	html {
 	int		  flags;
 #define	HTML_NOSPACE	 (1 << 0)
-#define	HTML_NEWLINE	 (1 << 1)
 #define	HTML_IGNDELIM	 (1 << 2)
 	struct tagq	  tags;
 	struct ordq	  ords;
diff --git a/mdoc_html.c b/mdoc_html.c
index 9e591d5c..dc8d468c 100644
--- a/mdoc_html.c
+++ b/mdoc_html.c
@@ -725,12 +725,11 @@ mdoc_nm_pre(MDOC_ARGS)
 {
 	struct htmlpair	tag;
 
-	if ( ! (HTML_NEWLINE & h->flags))
-		if (SEC_SYNOPSIS == n->sec) {
-			bufcat_style(h, "clear", "both");
-			PAIR_STYLE_INIT(&tag, h);
-			print_otag(h, TAG_BR, 1, &tag);
-		}
+	if (SEC_SYNOPSIS == n->sec && n->prev) {
+		bufcat_style(h, "clear", "both");
+		PAIR_STYLE_INIT(&tag, h);
+		print_otag(h, TAG_BR, 1, &tag);
+	}
 
 	PAIR_CLASS_INIT(&tag, "name");
 	print_otag(h, TAG_SPAN, 1, &tag);