diff --git a/lib/marked.js b/lib/marked.js
index 807ed2a0..46d90813 100644
--- a/lib/marked.js
+++ b/lib/marked.js
@@ -1015,9 +1015,7 @@ Parser.prototype.tok = function() {
       return renderer.paragraph(this.inline.output(this.token.text));
     }
     case 'text': {
-      return '<p>'
-        + this.parseText()
-        + '</p>\n';
+      return renderer.paragraph(this.parseText());
     }
   }
 };