diff --git a/doc/global/macros.qdocconf b/doc/global/macros.qdocconf
index 58d9a71c8c6..71a9dc30d1f 100644
--- a/doc/global/macros.qdocconf
+++ b/doc/global/macros.qdocconf
@@ -3,12 +3,11 @@ macro.Aring.HTML        = "Å"
 macro.aring.HTML        = "å"
 macro.Auml.HTML         = "Ä"
 macro.author            = "\\b{Author:}"
-macro.br.HTML           = "<br />"
 macro.BR.HTML           = "<br />"
 macro.copyright.HTML    = "&copy;"
 macro.eacute.HTML       = "&eacute;"
 macro.gui               = "\\b"
-macro.hr.HTML           = "<hr />"
+macro.HR.HTML           = "<hr />"
 macro.iacute.HTML       = "&iacute;"
 macro.key               = "\\b"
 macro.menu              = "\\b"
diff --git a/src/tools/qdoc/doc.cpp b/src/tools/qdoc/doc.cpp
index fcf5add5142..752d3075d26 100644
--- a/src/tools/qdoc/doc.cpp
+++ b/src/tools/qdoc/doc.cpp
@@ -649,7 +649,7 @@ void DocParser::parse(const QString& source,
                     append(Atom::CodeBad,getCode(CMD_BADCODE, marker));
                     break;
                 case CMD_BR:
-                    leavePara();
+                    enterPara();
                     append(Atom::BR);
                     break;
                 case CMD_BOLD: