diff --git a/dspace/modules/additions/src/main/java/org/dspace/app/util/SyndicationFeed.java b/dspace/modules/additions/src/main/java/org/dspace/app/util/SyndicationFeed.java
index 22f2e21056efd0530462db088c791f1b03f5c32a..b83ce3f2c9f798a716fd013f60c0d4de0a8fedbd 100644
--- a/dspace/modules/additions/src/main/java/org/dspace/app/util/SyndicationFeed.java
+++ b/dspace/modules/additions/src/main/java/org/dspace/app/util/SyndicationFeed.java
@@ -274,6 +274,8 @@ public class SyndicationFeed
                 //populate item's description
                 for (String df : descriptionFields)
                 {
+                    db.append("<p>");
+                    
                     // Special Case: "(date)" in field name means render as date
                     boolean isDate = df.indexOf("(date)") > 0;
                     if (isDate)
@@ -304,6 +306,8 @@ public class SyndicationFeed
                         }
                         db.append("\n");
                     }
+                    
+                    db.append("</p>");
                 }
                 if (db.length() > 0)
                 {