diff --git a/lisp/ChangeLog b/lisp/ChangeLog
index eb41fff8c9a..6154c25e6db 100644
--- a/lisp/ChangeLog
+++ b/lisp/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2012-12-03  Juri Linkov  <juri@jurta.org>
+
+	* info.el (Info-fontify-node): Don't hide the last newline.
+	(Bug#12272)
+
 2012-12-01  Leo Liu  <sdl.web@gmail.com>
 
 	* files.el (dir-locals-read-from-file): Check file non-empty
diff --git a/lisp/info.el b/lisp/info.el
index 36ffa806f04..1e15dcbc9a0 100644
--- a/lisp/info.el
+++ b/lisp/info.el
@@ -4826,8 +4826,8 @@ first line or header line, and for breadcrumb links.")
       ;; Hide empty lines at the end of the node.
       (goto-char (point-max))
       (skip-chars-backward "\n")
-      (when (< (1+ (point)) (point-max))
-	(put-text-property (1+ (point)) (point-max) 'invisible t))
+      (when (< (point) (1- (point-max)))
+	(put-text-property (point) (1- (point-max)) 'invisible t))
 
       (set-buffer-modified-p nil))))