diff --git a/IPython/Extensions/ipy_profile_doctest.py b/IPython/Extensions/ipy_profile_doctest.py
index f8eb372..b35074e 100644
--- a/IPython/Extensions/ipy_profile_doctest.py
+++ b/IPython/Extensions/ipy_profile_doctest.py
@@ -27,13 +27,11 @@ def main():
     o.prompt_in2 = '... '
     o.prompt_out = ''
 
-    # No separation between successive inputs
-    o.separate_in = ''
+    # Add a blank line before each new set of inputs.  This is needed by
+    # doctest to distinguish each test from the next.
+    o.separate_in = '\n'
     o.separate_out = ''
-    # But add a blank line after any output, to help separate doctests from
-    # each other.  This is needed by doctest to distinguish each test from the
-    # next.
-    o.separate_out2 = '\n'
+    o.separate_out2 = ''
 
     # Disable pprint, so that outputs are printed as similarly to standard
     # python as possible
diff --git a/IPython/Magic.py b/IPython/Magic.py
index 32c7df1..be6fd13 100644
--- a/IPython/Magic.py
+++ b/IPython/Magic.py
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 # -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
 """Magic functions for InteractiveShell.
 
-$Id: Magic.py 2601 2007-08-10 07:01:29Z fperez $"""
+$Id: Magic.py 2607 2007-08-13 13:25:24Z fperez $"""
 
 #*****************************************************************************
 #       Copyright (C) 2001 Janko Hauser <jhauser@zscout.de> and
@@ -2964,17 +2964,17 @@ Defaulting color scheme to 'NoColor'"""
             oc.prompt2.p_template = '... '
             oc.prompt_out.p_template = ''
 
-            oc.prompt1.sep = ''
-            oc.prompt_out.output_sep = ''
-            oc.prompt_out.output_sep2 = '\n'
+            oc.prompt1.sep = '\n'
+            oc.output_sep = ''
+            oc.output_sep2 = ''
 
             oc.prompt1.pad_left = oc.prompt2.pad_left = \
                                   oc.prompt_out.pad_left = False
 
-            shell.magic_xmode('Plain')
-
             rc.pprint = False
 
+            shell.magic_xmode('Plain')
+
         else:
             # turn off
             ipaste.deactivate_prefilter()
@@ -2984,15 +2984,16 @@ Defaulting color scheme to 'NoColor'"""
             oc.prompt_out.p_template = rc.prompt_out
 
             oc.prompt1.sep = dstore.rc_separate_in
-            oc.prompt_out.output_sep = dstore.rc_separate_out
-            oc.prompt_out.output_sep2 = dstore.rc_separate_out2
+            oc.output_sep = dstore.rc_separate_out
+            oc.output_sep2 = dstore.rc_separate_out2
 
             oc.prompt1.pad_left = oc.prompt2.pad_left = \
                          oc.prompt_out.pad_left = dstore.rc_prompts_pad_left
-            shell.magic_xmode(dstore.xmode)
 
             rc.pprint = dstore.rc_pprint
 
+            shell.magic_xmode(dstore.xmode)
+
         # Store new mode and inform
         dstore.mode = bool(1-int(mode))
         print 'Doctest mode is:',
diff --git a/IPython/Release.py b/IPython/Release.py
index 467ebb8..31f0df7 100644
--- a/IPython/Release.py
+++ b/IPython/Release.py
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 # -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
 """Release data for the IPython project.
 
-$Id: Release.py 2602 2007-08-12 22:45:38Z fperez $"""
+$Id: Release.py 2607 2007-08-13 13:25:24Z fperez $"""
 
 #*****************************************************************************
 #       Copyright (C) 2001-2006 Fernando Perez <fperez@colorado.edu>
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ name = 'ipython'
 # because bdist_rpm does not accept dashes (an RPM) convention, and
 # bdist_deb does not accept underscores (a Debian convention).
 
-revision = '2601'
+revision = '2606'
 
 version = '0.8.2.svn.r' + revision.rstrip('M')
 
diff --git a/doc/ChangeLog b/doc/ChangeLog
index bcc820c..8e7a6e5 100644
--- a/doc/ChangeLog
+++ b/doc/ChangeLog
@@ -1,5 +1,9 @@
 2007-08-13  Fernando Perez  <Fernando.Perez@colorado.edu>
 
+	* IPython/Magic.py (magic_doctest_mode): fix prompt separators in
+	doctest profile and %doctest_mode, so they actually generate the
+	blank lines needed by doctest to separate individual tests.
+
 	* IPython/iplib.py (safe_execfile): modify so that running code
 	which calls sys.exit(0) (or equivalently, raise SystemExit(0))
 	doesn't get a printed traceback.  Any other value in sys.exit(),