1 files changed, 3 insertions, 10 deletions
diff --git a/man_html.c b/man_html.c
index 43a77e82..75517854 100644
--- a/man_html.c
+++ b/man_html.c
@@ -212,21 +212,14 @@ print_man_node(MAN_ARGS)
 		man_root_pre(man, n, mh, h);
 		break;
 	case MAN_TEXT:
-		/*
-		 * If we have a blank line, output a vertical space.
-		 * If we have a space as the first character, break
-		 * before printing the line's data.
-		 */
 		if ('\0' == *n->string) {
 			print_paragraph(h);
 			return;
 		}
-
-		if (' ' == *n->string && MAN_LINE & n->flags)
+		if (n->flags & MAN_LINE && (*n->string == ' ' || 
+		    (n->prev != NULL && mh->fl & MANH_LITERAL &&
+		     ! (h->flags & HTML_NONEWLINE))))
 			print_otag(h, TAG_BR, 0, NULL);
-		else if (MANH_LITERAL & mh->fl && n->prev)
-			print_otag(h, TAG_BR, 0, NULL);
-
 		print_text(h, n->string);
 		return;
 	case MAN_EQN: