diff --git a/ox-rst.el b/ox-rst.el
index a8e86d9..3247d09 100644
--- a/ox-rst.el
+++ b/ox-rst.el
@@ -1079,7 +1079,7 @@ INFO is a plist holding contextual information."
 					 (expand-file-name raw-path)))
 			(caption (org-export-get-caption
 					  (org-export-get-parent-element link))))
-		(if caption (format ".. figure:: %s%s\n    %s\n" ipath attributes
+		(if caption (format ".. figure:: %s%s\n\n    %s\n" ipath attributes
 							(org-export-data caption info))
 		  (format ".. image:: %s%s\n" ipath	attributes))))
      ((and (plist-get info :rst-inline-images)