diff --git a/plugins/Python.py b/plugins/Python.py
index 5f237a4dd..4d08f5685 100644
--- a/plugins/Python.py
+++ b/plugins/Python.py
@@ -95,7 +95,7 @@ class Python(callbacks.PrivmsgCommandAndRegexp, plugins.Configurable):
         Returns the __doc__ string for a given Python function.
         """
         def normalize(s):
-            return utils.normalizeWhitespace(s.replace('\n\n', '.'))
+            return utils.normalizeWhitespace(s.replace('\n\n', '.  '))
         def getModule(name, path=pythonPath):
             if name in sys.modules:
                 return sys.modules[name]
diff --git a/test/test_Python.py b/test/test_Python.py
index 2fb4c48c9..f35796ea1 100644
--- a/test/test_Python.py
+++ b/test/test_Python.py
@@ -52,6 +52,7 @@ class PythonTestCase(PluginTestCase, PluginDocumentation):
         self.assertNotError('pydoc logging.Logger')
         self.assertNotRegexp('pydoc str.replace', r"^'")
         self.assertNotError('pydoc os.path.expanduser')
+        self.assertNotRegexp('pydoc math.hypot', r'\)\.R')
 
     def testZen(self):
         self.assertNotError('zen')