diff --git a/src/PhpWord/Shared/Html.php b/src/PhpWord/Shared/Html.php
index 2b4acd05b9..4e6d39d314 100644
--- a/src/PhpWord/Shared/Html.php
+++ b/src/PhpWord/Shared/Html.php
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@
  *
  * @link        https://github.com/PHPOffice/PHPWord
  * @copyright   2010-2014 PHPWord contributors
- * @license     http://www.gnu.org/licenses/lgpl.txt LGPL version 3
+ * @license     http://www.gnu.org/licenses/lgpl.txt LGPL version 3a
  */
 
 namespace PhpOffice\PhpWord\Shared;
@@ -197,6 +197,7 @@ private static function parseParagraph($node, $element, &$styles)
     {
         $styles['paragraph'] = self::parseInlineStyle($node, $styles['paragraph']);
         $newElement = $element->addTextRun($styles['paragraph']);
+        $newElement->addTextBreak(1);
 
         return $newElement;
     }