diff --git a/modules/document/document.item.php b/modules/document/document.item.php
index 4f5dc0624..ae9c1c155 100644
--- a/modules/document/document.item.php
+++ b/modules/document/document.item.php
@@ -524,6 +524,8 @@ class documentItem extends Object
 	function getSummary($str_size = 50, $tail = '...')
 	{
 		$content = $this->getContent(FALSE, FALSE);
+		
+		$content = nl2br($content);
 
 		// For a newlink, inert a whitespace
 		$content = preg_replace('!(<br[\s]*/{0,1}>[\s]*)+!is', ' ', $content);