diff --git a/md2man/roff.go b/md2man/roff.go
index 4b19188..3707581 100644
--- a/md2man/roff.go
+++ b/md2man/roff.go
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ const (
 	codespanTag      = "\\fB"
 	codespanCloseTag = "\\fR"
 	codeTag          = "\n.EX\n"
-	codeCloseTag     = "\n.EE\n"
+	codeCloseTag     = ".EE\n" // Do not being this with `\n` since it will already be included in the code block
 	quoteTag         = "\n.PP\n.RS\n"
 	quoteCloseTag    = "\n.RE\n"
 	listTag          = "\n.RS\n"
diff --git a/md2man/roff_test.go b/md2man/roff_test.go
index af03326..0270d0d 100644
--- a/md2man/roff_test.go
+++ b/md2man/roff_test.go
@@ -13,10 +13,14 @@ type TestParams struct {
 func TestCodeBlocks(t *testing.T) {
 	tests := []string{
 		"```\nsome code\n```\n",
-		".nh\n\n.EX\nsome code\n\n.EE\n",
+		".nh\n\n.EX\nsome code\n.EE\n",
 
 		"```bash\necho foo\n```\n",
-		".nh\n\n.EX\necho foo\n\n.EE\n",
+		".nh\n\n.EX\necho foo\n.EE\n",
+
+		// make sure we litteral new lines surrounding in the markdown block are preserved as they are intentional
+		"```bash\n\nsome code\n\n```",
+		".nh\n\n.EX\n\nsome code\n\n.EE\n",
 	}
 	doTestsParam(t, tests, TestParams{blackfriday.FencedCode})
 }