diff --git a/README.org b/README.org
index af210ed..e3f6659 100644
--- a/README.org
+++ b/README.org
@@ -197,7 +197,6 @@
   |      Snow covers Emacs
   |
   |          -- AlexSchroeder
-  |
 #+END_SRC
 
 *** Quote block
diff --git a/ox-rst.el b/ox-rst.el
index ad1325a..a9a32ed 100644
--- a/ox-rst.el
+++ b/ox-rst.el
@@ -1449,7 +1449,10 @@ channel."
   "Transcode a VERSE-BLOCK element from Org to reStructuredText.
 CONTENTS is verse block contents.  INFO is a plist holding
 contextual information."
-  (replace-regexp-in-string "^" "| " contents))
+  (concat
+   (replace-regexp-in-string "^" "| " (if (> (length contents) 1)
+                                          (substring contents 0 -1)
+                                        contents)) "\n"))