diff --git a/Test/org/spdx/licensexml/LicenseXmlDocumentTest.java b/Test/org/spdx/licensexml/LicenseXmlDocumentTest.java
index 1bed4d3..ffb3a7f 100644
--- a/Test/org/spdx/licensexml/LicenseXmlDocumentTest.java
+++ b/Test/org/spdx/licensexml/LicenseXmlDocumentTest.java
@@ -49,38 +49,38 @@ public class LicenseXmlDocumentTest {
 	static final String TEST_FILE_PATH = "TestFiles" + File.separator + "test-license.xml";
 	private static final String TEST_LICENSE_COMMENT = "Test note";
 	private static final String TEST_LICENSE_ID = "test-id";
-	private static final String TEST_LICENSE_TEXT = "Test Copyright\nparagraph 1" +
-			"\n   1.\n   List item 1\n   2.\n   List item 2\n" +
+	private static final String TEST_LICENSE_TEXT = "Test Copyright\n\nparagraph 1" +
+			"\n\n   1.\n\n   List item 1\n\n   2.\n\n   List item 2\n\n" +
 			"Last Paragraph Alternate Text Non matching line. Optional text";
 	private static final String TEST_LICENSE_NAME = "Test License";
 	private static final String[] TEST_LICENSE_URLS = new String[] {"http://test/url1","http://test/url2"};
 	private static final String TEST_LICENSE_HEADER = "Test header optional var";
 	private static final String TEST_LICENSE_HEADER_TEMPLATE = "Test header<<beginOptional>> optional<<endOptional>> <<var;name=\"h1test\";original=\"var\";match=\".+\">>";
-	private static final String TEST_LICENSE_TEMPLATE = "Test Copyright\nparagraph 1" +
-			"\n   <<var;name=\"bullet\";original=\"1.\";match=\".{0,20}\">>\n   List item 1\n   <<var;name=\"bullet\";original=\"2.\";match=\".{0,20}\">>\n   List item 2\n" +
+	private static final String TEST_LICENSE_TEMPLATE = "Test Copyright\n\nparagraph 1" +
+			"\n\n   <<var;name=\"bullet\";original=\"1.\";match=\".{0,20}\">>\n\n   List item 1\n\n   <<var;name=\"bullet\";original=\"2.\";match=\".{0,20}\">>\n\n   List item 2\n\n" +
 			"Last Paragraph <<var;name=\"alttest\";original=\"Alternate Text\";match=\".+\">> Non matching line.<<beginOptional>> Optional text<<endOptional>>";
 
 	private static final String TEST_DEP_LICENSE_COMMENT = "Test dep note";
 	private static final String TEST_DEP_LICENSE_ID = "test-dep";
-	private static final String TEST_DEP_LICENSE_TEXT = "Test Copyright dep\nparagraph 1d" +
-			"\n   1.d\n   List item 1d\n   2.d\n   List item 2d\n" +
+	private static final String TEST_DEP_LICENSE_TEXT = "Test Copyright dep\n\nparagraph 1d" +
+			"\n\n   1.d\n\n   List item 1d\n\n   2.d\n\n   List item 2d\n\n" +
 			"Last Paragraph dep Alternate Text dep Non matching line dep. Optional text dep";
 	private static final String TEST_DEP_LICENSE_NAME = "Test Deprecated License";
 	private static final String[] TEST_DEP_LICENSE_URLS = new String[] {"http://test/url1d","http://test/url2d"};
 	private static final String TEST_DEP_LICENSE_HEADER = "Test header dep";
-	private static final String TEST_DEP_LICENSE_TEMPLATE = "Test Copyright dep\nparagraph 1d" +
-			"\n   <<var;name=\"bullet\";original=\"1.d\";match=\".{0,20}\">>\n   List item 1d\n   <<var;name=\"bullet\";original=\"2.d\";match=\".{0,20}\">>\n   List item 2d\n" +
+	private static final String TEST_DEP_LICENSE_TEMPLATE = "Test Copyright dep\n\nparagraph 1d" +
+			"\n\n   <<var;name=\"bullet\";original=\"1.d\";match=\".{0,20}\">>\n\n   List item 1d\n\n   <<var;name=\"bullet\";original=\"2.d\";match=\".{0,20}\">>\n\n   List item 2d\n\n" +
 			"Last Paragraph dep <<var;name=\"alttestd\";original=\"Alternate Text dep\";match=\".+\">> Non matching line dep.<<beginOptional>> Optional text dep<<endOptional>>";
 
 	private static final String TEST_EXCEPTION_COMMENT = "Test note exception";
 	private static final String TEST_EXCEPTION_ID = "test-ex";
-	private static final String TEST_EXCEPTION_TEXT = "Test Copyrighte\nparagraph 1e" +
-			"\n   1.e\n   List item 1e\n   2.e\n   List item 2e\n" +
+	private static final String TEST_EXCEPTION_TEXT = "Test Copyrighte\n\nparagraph 1e" +
+			"\n\n   1.e\n\n   List item 1e\n\n   2.e\n\n   List item 2e\n\n" +
 			"Last Paragraph exc Alternate Text exc Non matching line. e Optional text exc";
 	private static final String TEST_EXCEPTION_NAME = "Test Exception";
 	private static final String[] TEST_EXCEPTION_URLS = new String[] {"http://test/url1e","http://test/url2e"};
 	@SuppressWarnings("unused")
-	private static final String TEST_EXCEPTION_TEMPLATE = "Test Copyrighte\nparagraph 1e" +
+	private static final String TEST_EXCEPTION_TEMPLATE = "Test Copyrighte\n\nparagraph 1e" +
 			"\n   1.e\n   List item 1e\n   2.e\n   List item 2e\n" +
 			"Last Paragraph exc <<var;name=\"altteste\";original=\"Alternate Text exc\";match=\".+\">> Non matching line. e<<beginOptional>> Optional text exc<<endOptional>>";
 	private static final String TEST_DEP_LICENSE_VERSION = "2.2";
diff --git a/src/org/spdx/licenselistpublisher/licensegenerator/LicenseTextFormatWriter.java b/src/org/spdx/licenselistpublisher/licensegenerator/LicenseTextFormatWriter.java
index 0ad1ece..9302b14 100644
--- a/src/org/spdx/licenselistpublisher/licensegenerator/LicenseTextFormatWriter.java
+++ b/src/org/spdx/licenselistpublisher/licensegenerator/LicenseTextFormatWriter.java
@@ -21,7 +21,9 @@
 import java.nio.file.Files;
 import java.nio.file.Path;
 import java.nio.file.Paths;
+import java.util.ArrayList;
 import java.util.Arrays;
+import java.util.List;
 
 import org.spdx.rdfparser.license.LicenseException;
 import org.spdx.rdfparser.license.SpdxListedLicense;
@@ -35,6 +37,8 @@
  */
 public class LicenseTextFormatWriter implements ILicenseFormatWriter {
 
+	private static final int MAX_LINE_CHARS = 80;
+	private static final int TYPICAL_WORD_CHARS = 8;
 	private File textFolder;
 	private Charset utf8 = Charset.forName("UTF-8");
 
@@ -69,7 +73,30 @@ public void writeLicense(SpdxListedLicense license, boolean deprecated, String d
 			licBaseHtmlFileName = "deprecated_" + licBaseHtmlFileName;
 		}
 		Path textFilePath = Paths.get(textFolder.getPath(), licBaseHtmlFileName + ".txt");
-		Files.write(textFilePath, Arrays.asList(license.getLicenseText().split("\\n")), utf8);
+		String[] lines = license.getLicenseText().split("\\n");
+		List<String> wordWrappedLines = new ArrayList<String>();
+		for (String line:lines) {
+			if (line.length() < MAX_LINE_CHARS) {
+				wordWrappedLines.add(line);
+			} else {
+				String[] words = line.split(" ");
+				StringBuilder currentLine = new StringBuilder();
+				for (String word:words)
+				{
+					if (currentLine.length() > MAX_LINE_CHARS - TYPICAL_WORD_CHARS) {
+						wordWrappedLines.add(currentLine.toString());
+						currentLine.setLength(0);
+					} else if (currentLine.length() > 0) {
+						currentLine.append(' ');
+					}
+					currentLine.append(word);
+				}
+				if (currentLine.length() > 0) {
+					wordWrappedLines.add(currentLine.toString());
+				}
+			}
+		}
+		Files.write(textFilePath, wordWrappedLines, utf8);
 	}
 
 	@Override
diff --git a/src/org/spdx/licensexml/LicenseXmlHelper.java b/src/org/spdx/licensexml/LicenseXmlHelper.java
index e47e65b..b137139 100644
--- a/src/org/spdx/licensexml/LicenseXmlHelper.java
+++ b/src/org/spdx/licensexml/LicenseXmlHelper.java
@@ -252,6 +252,7 @@ private static void appendElementChildrenText(Element element,
 	 * @param indentCount
 	 */
 	private static void addNewline(StringBuilder sb, int indentCount) {
+		sb.append('\n');
 		sb.append('\n');
 		for (int i = 0; i < indentCount; i ++) {
 			sb.append(INDENT_STRING);