diff --git a/gramps/plugins/docgen/svgdrawdoc.py b/gramps/plugins/docgen/svgdrawdoc.py
index fcdc30bfd..1efc4eb78 100644
--- a/gramps/plugins/docgen/svgdrawdoc.py
+++ b/gramps/plugins/docgen/svgdrawdoc.py
@@ -102,9 +102,9 @@ class SvgDrawDoc(BaseDoc, DrawDoc):
             '<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="no"?>\n'
             '<!DOCTYPE svg PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD SVG 1.0//EN" '
             '"http://www.w3.org/TR/2001/REC-SVG-20010904/DTD/svg10.dtd">\n'
-            '<svg width="%5.2fcm" height="%5.2fcm" '
+            '<svg width="%4.2fcm" height="%4.2fcm" '
             'xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg">\n'
-            '<rect width="%5.2fcm" height="%5.2fcm" '
+            '<rect width="%4.2fcm" height="%4.2fcm" '
             'style="fill: %s;"/>\n'
                 % (width, height, width, height, self._bg)
             )