diff --git a/lisp/org-exp.el b/lisp/org-exp.el
index 807e8c8a1..3712f4234 100644
--- a/lisp/org-exp.el
+++ b/lisp/org-exp.el
@@ -2456,7 +2456,7 @@ INDENT was the original indentation of the block."
(setq rtn
(concat
(if caption
- (format "\n"
+ (format ""
caption)
"")
(replace-match