diff --git a/lisp/org-exp.el b/lisp/org-exp.el
index 4c4d540..75ee548 100644
--- a/lisp/org-exp.el
+++ b/lisp/org-exp.el
@@ -2423,7 +2423,7 @@ INDENT was the original indentation of the block."
                             (concat (car org-export-latex-verbatim-wrap)
                                     rtn (cdr org-export-latex-verbatim-wrap)))
 			  '(org-protected t))
-		      "#+END_LaTeX\n"))
+		      "#+END_LaTeX"))
 	     ((eq backend 'ascii)
 	      ;; This is not HTML or LaTeX, so just make it an example.
 	      (setq rtn (org-export-number-lines rtn 'ascii 0 0 num cont rpllbl fmt))
diff --git a/lisp/org-latex.el b/lisp/org-latex.el
index ce697a3..18c2183 100644
--- a/lisp/org-latex.el
+++ b/lisp/org-latex.el
@@ -877,7 +877,7 @@ If NUM, export sections as numerical sections."
 		 (delete-region (point-at-bol 0) (point))
 	       (insert (format "\\begin{%s}\n"
 			       (symbol-name org-export-latex-low-levels))))
-	     (insert (format "\n\\item %s\\\\\n%s\n"
+	     (insert (format "\\item %s\n%s"
 			     heading
 			     (if label (format "\\label{%s}" label) "")))
 	     (insert (org-export-latex-content content))
@@ -997,7 +997,7 @@ OPT-PLIST is the options plist for current buffer."
      (org-export-apply-macros-in-string org-export-latex-append-header)
      ;; insert the title
      (format
-      "\n\n\\title{%s}\n"
+      "\n\\title{%s}\n"
       ;; convert the title
       (org-export-latex-content
        title '(lists tables fixed-width keywords)))