diff --git a/src/Text/Pandoc/Writers/ConTeXt.hs b/src/Text/Pandoc/Writers/ConTeXt.hs
index 1427f78c8..dfdf7a140 100644
--- a/src/Text/Pandoc/Writers/ConTeXt.hs
+++ b/src/Text/Pandoc/Writers/ConTeXt.hs
@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@ pandocToConTeXt options (Pandoc (Meta title authors date) blocks) = do
                   then return ""
                   else liftM (render colwidth) $ inlineListToConTeXt date
   body <- mapM (elementToConTeXt options) $ hierarchicalize blocks
-  let main = (render colwidth . cat) body
+  let main = (render colwidth . vcat) body
   let context  = writerVariables options ++
                  [ ("toc", if writerTableOfContents options then "yes" else "")
                  , ("body", main)
@@ -119,7 +119,7 @@ elementToConTeXt _ (Blk block) = blockToConTeXt block
 elementToConTeXt opts (Sec level _ id' title' elements) = do
   header' <- sectionHeader id' level title'
   innerContents <- mapM (elementToConTeXt opts) elements
-  return $ cat (header' : innerContents)
+  return $ vcat (header' : innerContents)
 
 -- | Convert Pandoc block element to ConTeXt.
 blockToConTeXt :: Block 
diff --git a/src/Text/Pandoc/Writers/LaTeX.hs b/src/Text/Pandoc/Writers/LaTeX.hs
index cfa4a5dfd..da0389cf7 100644
--- a/src/Text/Pandoc/Writers/LaTeX.hs
+++ b/src/Text/Pandoc/Writers/LaTeX.hs
@@ -117,7 +117,7 @@ pandocToLaTeX options (Pandoc (Meta title authors date) blocks) = do
                  else return blocks'
   body <- mapM (elementToLaTeX options) $ hierarchicalize blocks''
   biblioTitle <- liftM (render colwidth) $ inlineListToLaTeX lastHeader
-  let main = render colwidth $ cat body
+  let main = render colwidth $ vcat body
   st <- get
   let biblioFiles = intercalate "," $ map dropExtension $  writerBiblioFiles options
       citecontext = case writerCiteMethod options of
@@ -166,7 +166,7 @@ elementToLaTeX _ (Blk block) = blockToLaTeX block
 elementToLaTeX opts (Sec level _ id' title' elements) = do
   header' <- sectionHeader id' level title'
   innerContents <- mapM (elementToLaTeX opts) elements
-  return $ cat (header' : innerContents)
+  return $ vcat (header' : innerContents)
 
 -- escape things as needed for LaTeX
 stringToLaTeX :: Bool -> String -> String