diff --git a/RELEASE-NOTES b/RELEASE-NOTES
index fb711c4fa7c..abe675dddac 100644
--- a/RELEASE-NOTES
+++ b/RELEASE-NOTES
@@ -132,6 +132,7 @@ it from source control: http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Download_from_SVN
 * (bug 5005): Fix XHTML <gallery> output.
 * (bug 5315) "Expires: -1" HTTP header made strictly valid (using 1970 date).
 * (bug 4825): note in DefaultSettings.php about 'profiling' table creation
+* Remove unneeded extra whitespace at top of Special:Categories
 
 == Compatibility ==
 
diff --git a/includes/SpecialCategories.php b/includes/SpecialCategories.php
index 32ec1796412..ccfd369e6b4 100644
--- a/includes/SpecialCategories.php
+++ b/includes/SpecialCategories.php
@@ -28,8 +28,9 @@ class CategoriesPage extends QueryPage {
 	function isSyndicated() { return false; }
 
 	function getPageHeader() {
-		return wfMsgWikiHtml('categoriespagetext') . "<br />\n";
+		return wfMsgWikiHtml( 'categoriespagetext' );
 	}
+	
 	function getSQL() {
 		$NScat = NS_CATEGORY;
 		$dbr =& wfGetDB( DB_SLAVE );