diff -Naur xml2rfc-2.4.2-orig/xml2rfc/writers/paginated_txt.py xml2rfc-2.4.2/xml2rfc/writers/paginated_txt.py
--- xml2rfc-2.4.2-orig/xml2rfc/writers/paginated_txt.py	2013-06-01 15:03:21.000000000 -0400
+++ xml2rfc-2.4.2/xml2rfc/writers/paginated_txt.py	2013-08-31 21:29:08.703400961 -0400
@@ -161,7 +161,7 @@
     def emit(self, text):
         """Write text to the output buffer if it's not just a blank
            line at the top of the page"""
-        if self.page_length == 1 and text.strip() == '':
+        if self.page_length == 1 and not isinstance(text, list) and text.strip() == '':
             return 
         if isinstance(text, basestring):
             self.output.append(text)