diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index bdf859492..f322c70a5 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 2003-12-11  Alex Roitman  <shura@alex.neuro.umn.edu>
 	* src/docgen/PdfDoc.py (draw_text): Remove extra ",".
+	* src/docgen/HtmlDoc.py (write_note): Use stypes for preformatted note. 
 
 2003-12-10  Don Allingham  <dallingham@users.sourceforge.net>
 	* src/GrampsCfg.py: Make sure to return "BOTH" if the gnome
diff --git a/src/docgen/HtmlDoc.py b/src/docgen/HtmlDoc.py
index da632ddda..ab1f6d04a 100644
--- a/src/docgen/HtmlDoc.py
+++ b/src/docgen/HtmlDoc.py
@@ -437,11 +437,9 @@ class HtmlDoc(BaseDoc.BaseDoc):
 
     def write_note(self,text,format,style_name):
         if format == 1:
-            self.start_paragraph(style_name)
-            self.f.write('<pre>')
+            self.f.write('<pre class=%s>' % style_name)
             self.write_text(text)
             self.f.write('</pre>')
-            self.end_paragraph()
         elif format == 0:
             for line in text.split('\n\n'):
                 self.start_paragraph(style_name)