diff --git a/wp-admin/includes/template.php b/wp-admin/includes/template.php
index c3983fe91..8d699d550 100644
--- a/wp-admin/includes/template.php
+++ b/wp-admin/includes/template.php
@@ -159,13 +159,14 @@ function get_nested_categories( $default = 0, $parent = 0 ) {
 
 function write_nested_categories( $categories ) {
 	foreach ( $categories as $category ) {
-		echo '<li id="category-', $category['cat_ID'], '"><label for="in-category-', $category['cat_ID'], '" class="selectit"><input value="', $category['cat_ID'], '" type="checkbox" name="post_category[]" id="in-category-', $category['cat_ID'], '"', ($category['checked'] ? ' checked="checked"' : "" ), '/> ', wp_specialchars( apply_filters('the_category', $category['cat_name'] )), "</label></li>";
+		echo "\n", '<li id="category-', $category['cat_ID'], '"><label for="in-category-', $category['cat_ID'], '" class="selectit"><input value="', $category['cat_ID'], '" type="checkbox" name="post_category[]" id="in-category-', $category['cat_ID'], '"', ($category['checked'] ? ' checked="checked"' : "" ), '/> ', wp_specialchars( apply_filters('the_category', $category['cat_name'] )), '</label>';
 
 		if ( $category['children'] ) {
-			echo "<ul>\n";
+			echo "\n<ul>";
 			write_nested_categories( $category['children'] );
-			echo "</ul>\n";
+			echo "\n</ul>";
 		}
+		echo '</li>';
 	}
 }