diff --git a/lib/docs/filters/gnuplot/clean_html.rb b/lib/docs/filters/gnuplot/clean_html.rb
index c14cab59..92b20597 100644
--- a/lib/docs/filters/gnuplot/clean_html.rb
+++ b/lib/docs/filters/gnuplot/clean_html.rb
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@ module Docs
         css('.navigation').remove
         css('#CHILD_LINKS, ul.ChildLinks').remove
         css('hr').remove
+        css('br').remove
         # Anchors that use only names are some numerical IDs that latex2html distributes through the document
         css('a[name]:not([href]):not([id])').remove