diff --git a/src/calibre/ebooks/conversion/utils.py b/src/calibre/ebooks/conversion/utils.py
index 44d4235b6c..bfb23c45aa 100644
--- a/src/calibre/ebooks/conversion/utils.py
+++ b/src/calibre/ebooks/conversion/utils.py
@@ -299,8 +299,7 @@ class PreProcessor(object):
         blanklines = blankreg.findall(html)
         lines = linereg.findall(html)
         blanks_between_paragraphs = False
-        if getattr(self.extra_opts, 'delete_blank_paragraphs', False):
-            print "configured to delete blank paragraphs"
+        print "delete blank paragraphs is "+str(getattr(self.extra_opts, 'delete_blank_paragraphs', True))
         if len(lines) > 1:
             self.log("There are " + unicode(len(blanklines)) + " blank lines. " +
                     unicode(float(len(blanklines)) / float(len(lines))) + " percent blank")