2 files changed, 2 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/debian/changelog b/debian/changelog
index 4b8fb1050..323cd2e75 100644
--- a/debian/changelog
+++ b/debian/changelog
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 git-annex (0.12) UNRELEASED; urgency=low
 
   * Add --exclude option to exclude files from processing.
+  * mwdn2man: Fix a bug in newline supression. Closes: #606578
 
  -- Joey Hess <joeyh@debian.org>  Wed, 08 Dec 2010 14:06:47 -0400
 
diff --git a/mdwn2man b/mdwn2man
index c21253945..ad6d3c602 100755
--- a/mdwn2man
+++ b/mdwn2man
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ while (<>) {
 		s/^#\s/.SH /;
 		<>; # blank;
 	}
-	s/^ +//;
+	s/^[ \n]+//;
 	s/^\t/ /;
 	s/-/\\-/g;
 	s/^Warning:.*//g;