diff --git a/src/Main.hs b/src/Main.hs
index 980afb25b..7e8ea829a 100644
--- a/src/Main.hs
+++ b/src/Main.hs
@@ -444,7 +444,7 @@ main = do
                  Nothing   -> stateColumns defaultParserState
 
   let tabFilter = if preserveTabs then id else (tabsToSpaces tabStop)
-  let addBlank str = str ++ "\n\n"
+  let addBlank str = str
   let removeCRs str = filter (/= '\r') str  -- remove DOS-style line endings
   let filter = tabFilter . addBlank . removeCRs
   let startParserState = 
diff --git a/src/Text/Pandoc/Readers/Markdown.hs b/src/Text/Pandoc/Readers/Markdown.hs
index 353dd45dd..b6acce62b 100644
--- a/src/Text/Pandoc/Readers/Markdown.hs
+++ b/src/Text/Pandoc/Readers/Markdown.hs
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ import Text.ParserCombinators.Parsec
 
 -- | Read markdown from an input string and return a Pandoc document.
 readMarkdown :: ParserState -> String -> Pandoc
-readMarkdown = readWith parseMarkdown
+readMarkdown state str = (readWith parseMarkdown) state (str ++ "\n\n")
 
 -- | Parse markdown string with default options and print result (for testing).
 testString :: String -> IO ()
diff --git a/src/Text/Pandoc/Readers/RST.hs b/src/Text/Pandoc/Readers/RST.hs
index d2143af38..b13d2fdf9 100644
--- a/src/Text/Pandoc/Readers/RST.hs
+++ b/src/Text/Pandoc/Readers/RST.hs
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ import Data.Char ( toUpper )
 
 -- | Parse reStructuredText string and return Pandoc document.
 readRST :: ParserState -> String -> Pandoc
-readRST = readWith parseRST
+readRST state str = (readWith parseRST) state (str ++ "\n\n")
 
 -- | Parse a string and print result (for testing).
 testString :: String -> IO ()