diff --git a/README b/README
index 7d926216b..56ad50b3c 100644
--- a/README
+++ b/README
@@ -2680,9 +2680,8 @@ a single document.
 Inserting pauses
 ----------------
 
-In reveal.js and beamer slide shows, you can add "pauses" within
-a slide by including a paragraph containing three dots, separated
-by spaces:
+You can add "pauses" within a slide by including a paragraph containing
+three dots, separated by spaces:
 
     # Slide with a pause
 
diff --git a/changelog b/changelog
index b7091460f..b3e9d8b0b 100644
--- a/changelog
+++ b/changelog
@@ -413,7 +413,7 @@
       as markdown citations, it is redundant to have a bibliography,
       since one will be generated automatically.)
  
-  * Added syntax for "pauses" in beamer or reaveljs slide shows.
+  * Added syntax for "pauses" in slide shows:
 
         This gives
 
@@ -421,9 +421,6 @@
 
         a pause.
 
-    [note - no longer seems to work in recente revealjs - perhaps
-    this should be reverted]
-
   * Use new flexible metadata type.
 
     + Depend on `pandoc-types` 1.12.  This changes the type of
diff --git a/src/Text/Pandoc/Writers/HTML.hs b/src/Text/Pandoc/Writers/HTML.hs
index 63b466af3..78a3edce8 100644
--- a/src/Text/Pandoc/Writers/HTML.hs
+++ b/src/Text/Pandoc/Writers/HTML.hs
@@ -268,11 +268,24 @@ elementToHtml slideLevel opts (Sec level num (id',classes,keyvals) title' elemen
                 else blockToHtml opts (Header level' (id',classes,keyvals) title')
   let isSec (Sec _ _ _ _ _) = True
       isSec (Blk _)         = False
+  let isPause (Blk x) = x == Para [Str ".",Space,Str ".",Space,Str "."]
+      isPause _       = False
+  let fragmentClass = case writerSlideVariant opts of
+                           RevealJsSlides  -> "fragment"
+                           _               -> "incremental"
+  let inDiv xs = Blk (RawBlock (Format "html") ("<div class=\""
+                       ++ fragmentClass ++ "\">")) :
+                   (xs ++ [Blk (RawBlock (Format "html") "</div>")])
   innerContents <- mapM (elementToHtml slideLevel opts)
                    $ if titleSlide
                         -- title slides have no content of their own
                         then filter isSec elements
-                        else elements
+                        else if slide
+                                then case splitBy isPause elements of
+                                          []   -> []
+                                          [x]  -> x
+                                          xs   -> concatMap inDiv xs
+                                else elements
   let inNl x = mconcat $ nl opts : intersperse (nl opts) x ++ [nl opts]
   let classes' = ["titleslide" | titleSlide] ++ ["slide" | slide] ++
                   ["section" | (slide || writerSectionDivs opts) &&
@@ -401,10 +414,6 @@ blockToHtml opts (Para [Image txt (s,'f':'i':'g':':':tit)]) = do
                     [nl opts, img, capt, nl opts]
               else H.div ! A.class_ "figure" $ mconcat
                     [nl opts, img, capt, nl opts]
--- . . . indicates a pause in a slideshow
-blockToHtml opts (Para [Str ".",Space,Str ".",Space,Str "."])
-  | writerSlideVariant opts == RevealJsSlides =
-  blockToHtml opts (RawBlock "html" "<div class=\"fragment\" />")
 blockToHtml opts (Para lst) = do
   contents <- inlineListToHtml opts lst
   return $ H.p contents
@@ -580,8 +589,7 @@ toListItem opts item = nl opts >> H.li item
 
 blockListToHtml :: WriterOptions -> [Block] -> State WriterState Html
 blockListToHtml opts lst =
-  mapM (blockToHtml opts) lst >>=
-  return . mconcat . intersperse (nl opts)
+  fmap (mconcat . intersperse (nl opts)) $ mapM (blockToHtml opts) lst
 
 -- | Convert list of Pandoc inline elements to HTML.
 inlineListToHtml :: WriterOptions -> [Inline] -> State WriterState Html