diff --git a/markdown.php b/markdown.php
index 1f79232..f012cc9 100644
--- a/markdown.php
+++ b/markdown.php
@@ -1060,7 +1060,7 @@ class Markdown_Parser {
 		# trim leading newlines and trailing newlines
 		$codeblock = preg_replace('/\A\n+|\n+\z/', '', $codeblock);
 
-		$codeblock = "<pre><code>$codeblock\n</pre></code>";
+		$codeblock = "<pre><code>$codeblock\n</code></pre>";
 		return "\n\n".$this->hashBlock($codeblock)."\n\n";
 	}