Index: lucene/benchmark/src/java/org/apache/lucene/benchmark/quality/trec/TrecTopicsReader.java
===================================================================
--- lucene/benchmark/src/java/org/apache/lucene/benchmark/quality/trec/TrecTopicsReader.java	(revision 1488980)
+++ lucene/benchmark/src/java/org/apache/lucene/benchmark/quality/trec/TrecTopicsReader.java	(working copy)
@@ -31,15 +31,15 @@
  * <pre>
  *   &lt;top&gt;
  *   &lt;num&gt; Number: nnn
- *     
+ *
  *   &lt;title&gt; title of the topic
- *     
+ *
  *   &lt;desc&gt; Description:
  *   description of the topic
- *     
+ *
  *   &lt;narr&gt; Narrative:
  *   "story" composed by assessors.
- *    
+ *
  *   &lt;/top&gt;
  * </pre>
  * Comment lines starting with '#' are ignored.
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@
 public class TrecTopicsReader {
 
   private static final String newline = System.getProperty("line.separator");
-  
+
   /**
    *  Constructor for Trec's TopicsReader
    */
@@ -74,12 +74,22 @@
         // title
         sb = read(reader,"<title>",null,true,false);
         k = sb.indexOf(">");
-        String title = sb.substring(k+1).trim();
-        // description
-        read(reader,"<desc>",null,false,false);
+        String titleFristLine = sb.substring(k+1).trim();
         sb.setLength(0);
+        sb.append(titleFristLine);
+        // Title can be multi line..
         String line = null;
         while ((line = reader.readLine()) != null) {
+          if (line.startsWith("<desc>"))
+            break;
+          if (sb.length() > 0) sb.append(' ');
+          sb.append(line);
+        }
+        String title = sb.toString().trim();
+
+        // description
+        sb.setLength(0);
+        while ((line = reader.readLine()) != null) {
           if (line.startsWith("<narr>"))
             break;
           if (sb.length() > 0) sb.append(' ');
@@ -132,7 +142,6 @@
         sep = newline;
       }
     }
-    //System.out.println("read: "+sb);
     return sb;
   }
 }
Index: lucene/benchmark/src/test/org/apache/lucene/benchmark/quality/trecTopics.txt
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--- lucene/benchmark/src/test/org/apache/lucene/benchmark/quality/trecTopics.txt	(revision 1488980)
+++ lucene/benchmark/src/test/org/apache/lucene/benchmark/quality/trecTopics.txt	(working copy)
@@ -274,7 +274,8 @@
 <top>
 <num> Number: 19
 
-<title> 20 while  common week
+<title>
+20 while  common week
 
 <desc> Description:
 Topic 19 Description Line 1