diff --git a/src/i18n.py b/src/i18n.py
index ba57edfdf..dbd282f06 100644
--- a/src/i18n.py
+++ b/src/i18n.py
@@ -213,7 +213,8 @@ class _PluginInternationalization:
 
     def _unescape(self, string, removeNewline=False):
         import supybot.utils as utils
-        string = str.replace(string, '\\n', '\n') # gettext escapes the \n
+        string = str.replace(string, '\\n\\n', '\n\n')
+        string = str.replace(string, '\\n', ' ')
         string = str.replace(string, '\\"', '"')
         string = str.replace(string, "\'", "'")
         string = utils.str.normalizeWhitespace(string, removeNewline)
diff --git a/src/version.py b/src/version.py
index 68bd34ac8..68e6e0da2 100644
--- a/src/version.py
+++ b/src/version.py
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 """stick the various versioning attributes in here, so we only have to change
 them once."""
-version = '0.83.4.1+limnoria (2012-04-15T12:02:44+0000)'
+version = '0.83.4.1+limnoria (2012-04-17T09:45:25+0000)'