Index: tests/com/ecyrd/jspwiki/htmltowiki/HtmlStringToWikiTranslatorTest.java
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--- tests/com/ecyrd/jspwiki/htmltowiki/HtmlStringToWikiTranslatorTest.java	(revision 749505)
+++ tests/com/ecyrd/jspwiki/htmltowiki/HtmlStringToWikiTranslatorTest.java	(working copy)
@@ -163,14 +163,14 @@
     public void testPre() throws Exception
     {
         
-        assertEquals( "\n{{{\nhallo\n}}}\n", html2wiki.translate( "<pre>hallo</pre>" ) );
+        assertEquals( "\n{{{hallo}}}\n", html2wiki.translate( "<pre>hallo</pre>" ) );
 
-        assertEquals( "\n{{{\nHallo\nWelt!\n\n\n}}}\n", html2wiki.translate( "<pre>Hallo<br>Welt!<br><br></pre>" ) );
+        assertEquals( "\n{{{Hallo\nWelt!\n\n}}}\n", html2wiki.translate( "<pre>Hallo<br>Welt!<br><br></pre>" ) );
 
-        assertEquals( "\n{{{\n\n\n\n\nHallo\n\n\n\nWelt!\n\n\n\n\n}}}\n", html2wiki
+        assertEquals( "\n{{{\n\n\n\nHallo\n\n\n\nWelt!\n\n\n\n}}}\n", html2wiki
                 .translate( "\n\n\n\n<pre>\n\n\n\nHallo\n\n\n\nWelt!\n\n\n\n</pre>\n\n\n\n" ) );
 
-        assertEquals( "\n{{{\n\n\n* Baltramon \n  lasdjfh\n\n\n}}}\n", html2wiki.translate( "<pre>\n\n* Baltramon \n  lasdjfh\n\n</pre>" ) );
+        assertEquals( "\n{{{\n\n* Baltramon \n  lasdjfh\n\n}}}\n", html2wiki.translate( "<pre>\n\n* Baltramon \n  lasdjfh\n\n</pre>" ) );
 
         /*
         // The style "font-family: courier new" is no longer translated as monospace text, so this test case is no longer needed.
Index: src/com/ecyrd/jspwiki/htmltowiki/XHtmlElementToWikiTranslator.java
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--- src/com/ecyrd/jspwiki/htmltowiki/XHtmlElementToWikiTranslator.java	(revision 749505)
+++ src/com/ecyrd/jspwiki/htmltowiki/XHtmlElementToWikiTranslator.java	(working copy)
@@ -518,14 +518,14 @@
                 }
                 else if( n.equals( "pre" ) )
                 {
-                    m_out.print( "\n{{{\n" ); // start JSPWiki "code blocks" on its own line
+                    m_out.print( "\n{{{" ); // start JSPWiki "code blocks" on its own line
                     m_preStack.push();
                     print( e );
                     m_preStack.pop();
 
-                    // print a newline before the closing braces for aesthetics and a newline after it
+                    // print a newline after the closing braces
                     // to avoid breaking any subsequent wiki markup that follows.
-                    m_out.print( "\n}}}\n" );
+                    m_out.print( "}}}\n" );
                 }
                 else if( n.equals( "code" ) || n.equals( "tt" ) )
                 {