diff --git a/lib/rdoc/markup/to_markdown.rb b/lib/rdoc/markup/to_markdown.rb
index 7932815405..3ee48becb0 100644
--- a/lib/rdoc/markup/to_markdown.rb
+++ b/lib/rdoc/markup/to_markdown.rb
@@ -131,7 +131,7 @@ class RDoc::Markup::ToMarkdown < RDoc::Markup::ToRdoc
       @res << part
     end
 
-    @res << "\n" unless @res =~ /\n\z/
+    @res << "\n"
   end
 
   ##
diff --git a/lib/rdoc/markup/to_rdoc.rb b/lib/rdoc/markup/to_rdoc.rb
index 3aee85afbe..81b16c4973 100644
--- a/lib/rdoc/markup/to_rdoc.rb
+++ b/lib/rdoc/markup/to_rdoc.rb
@@ -234,7 +234,7 @@ class RDoc::Markup::ToRdoc < RDoc::Markup::Formatter
       @res << part
     end
 
-    @res << "\n" unless @res =~ /\n\z/
+    @res << "\n"
   end
 
   ##