diff --git a/nodes.py b/nodes.py
index 14b8a0e..7c28a92 100644
--- a/nodes.py
+++ b/nodes.py
@@ -116,12 +116,10 @@ def to_asciidoc(self, **kwargs):
             # Combine any adjacent text nodes since we modified the tree
             self.node.smooth()
 
-            asciidoc_output = self.block_separator(**kwargs).join(
+            return self.block_separator(**kwargs).join(
                 asciidoc for asciidoc in self.asciidoc_contents(**kwargs) if asciidoc
             )
 
-            return asciidoc_output
-
         return "".join(self.asciidoc_contents(**kwargs))
 
     def soup(self):
@@ -721,7 +719,7 @@ def block_separator(self, **_kwargs):
 
 class ParameternamelistNode(Node):
     def to_asciidoc(self, **kwargs):
-        return f"`{escape_text(self.text('parametername')).rstrip()}`::"
+        return f"`{escape_text(self.text('parametername'))}`::"
 
 
 class ParameterdescriptionNode(Node):
@@ -880,7 +878,7 @@ def to_asciidoc(self, **kwargs):
         output = [
             title(self.text("name"), 5 + kwargs.get("depth", 0), self.attributes())
         ]
-        output.append(f"[.memname]`{escape_text(self.text('definition')).rstrip()}`")
+        output.append(f"[.memname]`{escape_text(self.text('definition'))}`")
         kwargs["depth"] = 5 + kwargs.get("depth", 0)
         kwargs["documentation"] = True
         briefdescription = self.child("briefdescription").to_asciidoc(**kwargs)
@@ -901,7 +899,7 @@ def to_asciidoc(self, **kwargs):
             )
         ]
         if name:
-            output.append(f"[.memname]`enum {escape_text(name).rstrip()}`")
+            output.append(f"[.memname]`enum {escape_text(name)}`")
         else:
             output.append("[.memname]`anonymous enum`")
         kwargs["depth"] = 5 + kwargs.get("depth", 0)
@@ -955,7 +953,7 @@ def to_asciidoc(self, **kwargs):
                 )
             )
         else:
-            output.append(f"[.memname]`{escape_text(definition).rstrip()}`")
+            output.append(f"[.memname]`{escape_text(definition)}`")
         kwargs["depth"] = 5 + kwargs.get("depth", 0)
         kwargs["documentation"] = True
         briefdescription = self.child("briefdescription").to_asciidoc(**kwargs)
@@ -998,7 +996,7 @@ def to_asciidoc(self, **kwargs):
                 )
         else:
             output.append(
-                f"[.memname]`#define {escape_text(name)}{escape_text(argsstring).rstrip()}`"
+                f"[.memname]`#define {escape_text(name)}{escape_text(argsstring)}`"
             )
         kwargs["depth"] = 5 + kwargs.get("depth", 0)
         kwargs["documentation"] = True
@@ -1038,7 +1036,7 @@ def to_asciidoc(self, **kwargs):
             function.append(
                 f" <<{memberdef.id},{escape_text(memberdef.text('name'))}>> "
             )
-            function.append(f"{escape_text(memberdef.text('argsstring')).rstrip()}`:: ")
+            function.append(f"{escape_text(memberdef.text('argsstring'))}`:: ")
             briefdescription = memberdef.child("briefdescription").to_asciidoc(**kwargs)
             if briefdescription:
                 function.append(briefdescription)
diff --git a/tests/test_doxygenindex_node.py b/tests/test_doxygenindex_node.py
index d823a84..19fa04a 100644
--- a/tests/test_doxygenindex_node.py
+++ b/tests/test_doxygenindex_node.py
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 def test_to_asciidoc(tmp_path):
     with open(f"{tmp_path}/group__hardware.xml", "w", encoding="utf-8") as hardware:
         hardware.write(
-            """
+            """\
 <?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8' standalone='no'?>
 <doxygen xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:noNamespaceSchemaLocation="compound.xsd" version="1.9.7" xml:lang="en-US">
   <compounddef id="group__hardware" kind="group">
@@ -78,8 +78,6 @@ def test_to_asciidoc(tmp_path):
         BeautifulSoup(xml, "xml").doxygenindex, xmldir=tmp_path
     ).to_asciidoc()
 
-    print(asciidoc)
-
     assert asciidoc == dedent(
         """\
         [#group_hardware,reftext="Hardware APIs"]