diff --git a/src/editor/wordproc.c b/src/editor/wordproc.c
index 9ac63244e..333a01a54 100644
--- a/src/editor/wordproc.c
+++ b/src/editor/wordproc.c
@@ -123,7 +123,7 @@ bad_line_start (const edit_buffer_t * buf, off_t p)
  */
 
 static off_t
-begin_paragraph (WEdit * edit, gboolean force)
+begin_paragraph (WEdit * edit, gboolean force, long *lines)
 {
     long i;
 
@@ -135,8 +135,10 @@ begin_paragraph (WEdit * edit, gboolean force)
             break;
         }
 
+    *lines = edit->buffer.curs_line - i;
+
     return edit_buffer_move_backward (&edit->buffer, edit_buffer_get_current_bol (&edit->buffer),
-                                      edit->buffer.curs_line - i);
+                                      *lines);
 }
 
 /* --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- */
@@ -448,7 +450,6 @@ put_paragraph (WEdit * edit, unsigned char *t, off_t p, long indent, off_t size)
         if (c != t[i])
             replace_at (edit, p, t[i]);
     }
-    edit_cursor_move (edit, cursor - edit->buffer.curs1);       /* restore cursor position */
 }
 
 /* --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- */
@@ -477,6 +478,7 @@ void
 format_paragraph (WEdit * edit, gboolean force)
 {
     off_t p, q;
+    long lines;
     off_t size;
     GString *t;
     long indent;
@@ -488,7 +490,7 @@ format_paragraph (WEdit * edit, gboolean force)
     if (edit_line_is_blank (edit, edit->buffer.curs_line))
         return;
 
-    p = begin_paragraph (edit, force);
+    p = begin_paragraph (edit, force, &lines);
     q = end_paragraph (edit, force);
     indent = test_indent (edit, p, q);
 
@@ -527,12 +529,31 @@ format_paragraph (WEdit * edit, gboolean force)
 #ifdef HAVE_CHARSET
     utf8 = edit->utf8;
 #endif
+    /* scroll up to show 1st line of paragraph */
+    edit_move_up (edit, lines, TRUE);
+    /* scroll left as much as possible to show the formatted paragraph */
+    edit_scroll_left (edit, -edit->start_col);
+
     format_this (t2, q - p, indent, utf8);
     put_paragraph (edit, t2, p, indent, size);
     g_free ((char *) t2);
 
-    /* Scroll left as much as possible to show the formatted paragraph */
-    edit_scroll_left (edit, -edit->start_col);
+    /* move to the end of paragraph */
+    q = end_paragraph (edit, force);
+    edit_cursor_move (edit, q - edit->buffer.curs1);
+
+    /* try move to the start of next paragraph */
+    if (edit->buffer.curs_line < edit->buffer.lines)
+    {
+        edit_execute_cmd (edit, CK_Home, -1);
+
+        do
+        {
+            edit_execute_cmd (edit, CK_Down, -1);
+        }
+        while (edit->buffer.curs_line < edit->buffer.lines
+               && edit_line_is_blank (edit, edit->buffer.curs_line));
+    }
 }
 
 /* --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- */