diff --git a/src/test/util_tests.cpp b/src/test/util_tests.cpp
index 10f77e3a5..feea14035 100644
--- a/src/test/util_tests.cpp
+++ b/src/test/util_tests.cpp
@@ -340,6 +340,7 @@ BOOST_AUTO_TEST_CASE(test_FormatParagraph)
     BOOST_CHECK_EQUAL(FormatParagraph("test test", 4, 0), "test\ntest");
     BOOST_CHECK_EQUAL(FormatParagraph("testerde test ", 4, 0), "testerde\ntest");
     BOOST_CHECK_EQUAL(FormatParagraph("test test", 4, 4), "test\n    test");
+    BOOST_CHECK_EQUAL(FormatParagraph("This is a very long test string. This is a second sentence in the very long test string."), "This is a very long test string. This is a second sentence in the very long\ntest string.");
 }
 
 BOOST_AUTO_TEST_CASE(test_FormatSubVersion)
diff --git a/src/utilstrencodings.cpp b/src/utilstrencodings.cpp
index d0062d454..419a63c43 100644
--- a/src/utilstrencodings.cpp
+++ b/src/utilstrencodings.cpp
@@ -459,7 +459,7 @@ std::string FormatParagraph(const std::string in, size_t width, size_t indent)
         }
         // Append word
         out << in.substr(ptr, endword - ptr);
-        col += endword - ptr;
+        col += endword - ptr + 1;
         ptr = endword;
     }
     return out.str();