diff --git a/inc/parser/xhtml.php b/inc/parser/xhtml.php
index 6bdb6e877d7cd50c465ce3a3cf0694eaa1fd7998..5190e7916f9ad5f8f23e5175114e1c6ec490fc85 100644
--- a/inc/parser/xhtml.php
+++ b/inc/parser/xhtml.php
@@ -847,7 +847,7 @@ class Doku_Renderer_xhtml extends Doku_Renderer {
     }
 
     function table_close(){
-        $this->doc .= '</table>'.DOKU_LF.'<br />'.DOKU_LF;
+        $this->doc .= '</table>'.DOKU_LF;
     }
 
     function tablerow_open(){
diff --git a/lib/tpl/default/design.css b/lib/tpl/default/design.css
index 27edefc1cfcbd15d80db9cc547b67604aaacf974..a646a78c1ac0483ef1312c8c0ec52cbacd15e1bc 100644
--- a/lib/tpl/default/design.css
+++ b/lib/tpl/default/design.css
@@ -36,6 +36,7 @@ div.dokuwiki img {
 
 div.dokuwiki p,
 div.dokuwiki blockquote,
+div.dokuwiki table,
 div.dokuwiki pre {
   margin: 0 0 1.0em 0;
 }