diff --git a/src/calibre/gui2/dialogs/template_general_info.py b/src/calibre/gui2/dialogs/template_general_info.py
index 5bedd84165..bff2c9c456 100644
--- a/src/calibre/gui2/dialogs/template_general_info.py
+++ b/src/calibre/gui2/dialogs/template_general_info.py
@@ -66,8 +66,9 @@ a space before the closing \`\` characters. Trailing blanks in the code text are
   Example: \:guilabel\:\`Preferences->Advanced->Template functions\`. For HTML the produced text is in a different font, as in: :guilabel:`Some text`
 [*][B]Empty lines[/B], indicated by two newlines in a row. A visible empty line in the FFML
 will become an empty line in the output.
-[*][B]URLs.[/B] The syntax is similar to BBCODE: ``[URL href="http..."]Link text[/URL]``.\
-  Example: ``[URL href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ISO_8601"]ISO[/URL]`` produces [URL href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ISO_8601"]ISO[/URL]
+[*][B]URLs.[/B] The syntax is similar to BBCODE: ``[URL href="http..."]Link text[/URL]``.
+Example: ``[URL href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ISO_8601"]ISO[/URL]``
+produces [URL href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ISO_8601"]ISO[/URL]
 [*][B]Internal function reference links[/B]. These are links to formatter function
 documentation. The syntax is the same as guilabel. Example: ``:ref:`get_note` ``.
 The characters '()' are automatically added to the function name when
diff --git a/src/calibre/utils/ffml_processor.py b/src/calibre/utils/ffml_processor.py
index d231e39aa4..21d4a06bb5 100644
--- a/src/calibre/utils/ffml_processor.py
+++ b/src/calibre/utils/ffml_processor.py
@@ -304,7 +304,7 @@ class FFMLProcessor:
         elif tree.node_kind() == NodeKinds.ITALIC_TEXT:
             result += f'<i>{tree.escaped_text()}</i>'
         elif tree.node_kind() == NodeKinds.LIST:
-            result += '\n<ul>\n'
+            result += '<ul>\n'
             for child in tree.children():
                 result += '<li>\n'
                 result += self.tree_to_html(child, depth=depth+1)
@@ -378,9 +378,7 @@ class FFMLProcessor:
         '''
         result = ''
         if tree.node_kind() == NodeKinds.TEXT:
-            t = tree.text()
-            t = t.replace('\n', ' ')
-            result += t
+            result += tree.text()
         if tree.node_kind() == NodeKinds.BOLD_TEXT:
             result += f'[B]{tree.text()}[/B]'
         elif tree.node_kind() == NodeKinds.BLANK_LINE:
@@ -392,7 +390,7 @@ class FFMLProcessor:
             t = t + ' ' if t.endswith('`') else t
             result += f'``{t}``'
         elif tree.node_kind() == NodeKinds.CODE_BLOCK:
-            result += '\n[CODE]\n' + tree.text().replace('[/CODE]', r'[\/CODE]') + '[/CODE]\n'
+            result += '[CODE]\n' + tree.text().replace('[/CODE]', r'[\/CODE]') + '[/CODE]\n'
         elif tree.node_kind() == NodeKinds.END_SUMMARY:
             result += '[/]'
         elif tree.node_kind() == NodeKinds.ERROR_TEXT:
@@ -732,7 +730,8 @@ class FFMLProcessor:
         while True:
             p = self.find_one_of()
             if p > 0:
-                txt = self.text_to(p).replace('\n', ' ')
+                txt = self.text_to(p)
+                txt = txt[:-1].replace('\n', ' ') + txt[-1]
                 parent.add_child(TextNode(txt))
                 self.move_pos(p)
             elif p == NodeKinds.BLANK_LINE: