diff --git a/bootstrap/bpdoc/bpdoc.go b/bootstrap/bpdoc/bpdoc.go
index ffb2cc0..8ce41cf 100644
--- a/bootstrap/bpdoc/bpdoc.go
+++ b/bootstrap/bpdoc/bpdoc.go
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@
 	PkgPath string
 
 	// Text is the contents of the comment documenting the module type.
-	Text string
+	Text template.HTML
 
 	// PropertyStructs is a list of PropertyStruct objects that contain information about each
 	// property struct that is used by the module type, containing all properties that are valid
diff --git a/bootstrap/bpdoc/properties.go b/bootstrap/bpdoc/properties.go
index 1126752..23b1ffd 100644
--- a/bootstrap/bpdoc/properties.go
+++ b/bootstrap/bpdoc/properties.go
@@ -224,30 +224,11 @@
 				typ = fmt.Sprintf("%T", f.Type)
 			}
 
-			var html template.HTML
-
-			lines := strings.Split(text, "\n")
-			preformatted := false
-			for _, line := range lines {
-				r, _ := utf8.DecodeRuneInString(line)
-				indent := unicode.IsSpace(r)
-				if indent && !preformatted {
-					html += "<pre>\n"
-				} else if !indent && preformatted {
-					html += "</pre>\n"
-				}
-				preformatted = indent
-				html += template.HTML(template.HTMLEscapeString(line)) + "\n"
-			}
-			if preformatted {
-				html += "</pre>\n"
-			}
-
 			props = append(props, Property{
 				Name:       name,
 				Type:       typ,
 				Tag:        reflect.StructTag(tag),
-				Text:       html,
+				Text:       formatText(text),
 				Properties: innerProps,
 			})
 		}
@@ -279,3 +260,25 @@
 
 	*props = filtered
 }
+
+func formatText(text string) template.HTML {
+	var html template.HTML
+	lines := strings.Split(text, "\n")
+	preformatted := false
+	for _, line := range lines {
+		r, _ := utf8.DecodeRuneInString(line)
+		indent := unicode.IsSpace(r)
+		if indent && !preformatted {
+			html += "<pre>\n\n"
+			preformatted = true
+		} else if !indent && line != "" && preformatted {
+			html += "</pre>\n"
+			preformatted = false
+		}
+		html += template.HTML(template.HTMLEscapeString(line)) + "\n"
+	}
+	if preformatted {
+		html += "</pre>\n"
+	}
+	return html
+}
diff --git a/bootstrap/bpdoc/reader.go b/bootstrap/bpdoc/reader.go
index 0a77844..a39ee3c 100644
--- a/bootstrap/bpdoc/reader.go
+++ b/bootstrap/bpdoc/reader.go
@@ -77,7 +77,7 @@
 	return &ModuleType{
 		Name:    name,
 		PkgPath: pkgPath,
-		Text:    text,
+		Text:    formatText(text),
 	}, nil
 }
 
diff --git a/bootstrap/bpdoc/reader_test.go b/bootstrap/bpdoc/reader_test.go
index 8545ac6..b8ff109 100644
--- a/bootstrap/bpdoc/reader_test.go
+++ b/bootstrap/bpdoc/reader_test.go
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@
 		t.Fatal(err)
 	}
 
-	if mt.Text != "foo docs.\n" {
+	if mt.Text != "foo docs.\n\n" {
 		t.Errorf("unexpected docs %q", mt.Text)
 	}