diff --git a/Source/cmDocumentationFormatterDocbook.cxx b/Source/cmDocumentationFormatterDocbook.cxx
index 1c648a671..a3f4a7a67 100644
--- a/Source/cmDocumentationFormatterDocbook.cxx
+++ b/Source/cmDocumentationFormatterDocbook.cxx
@@ -144,7 +144,7 @@ void cmDocumentationFormatterDocbook
       cmDocumentationPrintDocbookEscapes(os, op->Name.c_str());
       os << "\"><emphasis><literal>";
       cmDocumentationPrintDocbookEscapes(os, op->Name.c_str());
-      os << "</literal></emphasis></link></listitem>";
+      os << "</literal></emphasis></link></listitem>\n";
       }
     }
   os << "</itemizedlist>\n" ;