diff --git a/lammpsdoc/txt2rst.py b/lammpsdoc/txt2rst.py
index b4e8d63..e87f5be 100755
--- a/lammpsdoc/txt2rst.py
+++ b/lammpsdoc/txt2rst.py
@@ -114,6 +114,7 @@ class RSTMarkup(Markup):
 
         return "`%s <%s>`_" % (content, href)
 
+
 class RSTFormatting(Formatting):
     RST_HEADER_TYPES = '#*=-^"'
 
diff --git a/tests/test_txt2rst.py b/tests/test_txt2rst.py
index e9b66d4..d6a5cb5 100644
--- a/tests/test_txt2rst.py
+++ b/tests/test_txt2rst.py
@@ -159,13 +159,13 @@ class TestFormatting(unittest.TestCase):
 
     def test_preformat_formatting(self):
         s = self.txt2rst.convert("Hello :pre\n")
-        self.assertEqual(".. parsed-literal::\n\n"
+        self.assertEqual("\n.. parsed-literal::\n\n"
                          "   Hello\n\n", s)
 
     def test_preformat_formatting_with_indentation(self):
         s = self.txt2rst.convert("    Hello\n"
                                  "    World :pre\n")
-        self.assertEqual(".. parsed-literal::\n\n"
+        self.assertEqual("\n.. parsed-literal::\n\n"
                          "       Hello\n"
                          "       World\n\n", s)