diff --git a/src/emitterutils.cpp b/src/emitterutils.cpp
index 0113c45..c6ad5e5 100644
--- a/src/emitterutils.cpp
+++ b/src/emitterutils.cpp
@@ -366,13 +366,13 @@ bool WriteDoubleQuotedString(ostream_wrapper& out, const std::string& str,
 bool WriteLiteralString(ostream_wrapper& out, const std::string& str,
                         std::size_t indent) {
   out << "|\n";
-  out << IndentTo(indent);
   int codePoint;
   for (std::string::const_iterator i = str.begin();
        GetNextCodePointAndAdvance(codePoint, i, str.end());) {
     if (codePoint == '\n') {
-      out << "\n" << IndentTo(indent);
+      out << "\n";
     } else {
+      out<< IndentTo(indent);
       WriteCodePoint(out, codePoint);
     }
   }