diff --git a/announcement/src/plugin-resources/announcement.jsl b/announcement/src/plugin-resources/announcement.jsl
index 760693e3..5b3135e4 100644
--- a/announcement/src/plugin-resources/announcement.jsl
+++ b/announcement/src/plugin-resources/announcement.jsl
@@ -128,7 +128,7 @@ Have fun!
         <j:set var="dueto"><x:expr select="@due-to"/></j:set>
         
         <j:set var="text" trim="true">
-          ${body}<j:if test="${issue != ''}"> Fixes ${issue}.</j:if> <j:if test="${dueto != ''}"> Thanks to ${dueto}.</j:if>
+          ${body}<j:if test="${issue != ''}"> Fixes ${issue}.</j:if> <j:if test="${dueto != ''}"><j:whitespace> Thanks to ${dueto}.</j:whitespace></j:if>
         </j:set>
         
         <j:forEach var="line" items="${formatter.format(text,75)}">
diff --git a/announcement/xdocs/changes.xml b/announcement/xdocs/changes.xml
index 557b3d1b..90764738 100644
--- a/announcement/xdocs/changes.xml
+++ b/announcement/xdocs/changes.xml
@@ -25,8 +25,12 @@
   </properties>
   <body>
     <release version="1.1" date="in CVS">
+      <action dev="vmassol" type="fix">
+        Add a space after the "." of the "Fixes xxx." (which happens when
+        you use the "issue" attribute in changes.xml).
+      </action>
       <action dev="vmassol" type="add">
-        Added <code>&lt;description&gt;</code> information from the POM to 
+        Added <code>description</code> information from the POM to 
         the generated announcement to explain what the project does.
       </action>
       <action dev="vmassol" type="add">
