diff --git a/stagit-index.c b/stagit-index.c
index 50fe19f..09e5513 100644
--- a/stagit-index.c
+++ b/stagit-index.c
@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@ void
writeheader(FILE *fp)
{
fputs("\n"
- "\n\n"
+ "\n\n"
"\n"
"", fp);
xmlencode(fp, description, strlen(description));