From db7efddf74c74d09214d4629ba16c27ccacb671a Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: John MacFarlane <jgm@berkeley.edu>
Date: Tue, 7 Jul 2026 16:58:44 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] Texinfo writer: fix spacing bug around HorizontalRule.

Closes #11749.
---
 src/Text/Pandoc/Writers/Texinfo.hs |  3 ++-
 test/command/11749.md              | 23 +++++++++++++++++++++++
 2 files changed, 25 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
 create mode 100644 test/command/11749.md

diff --git a/src/Text/Pandoc/Writers/Texinfo.hs b/src/Text/Pandoc/Writers/Texinfo.hs
index 30a311a8f..4a9166f10 100644
--- a/src/Text/Pandoc/Writers/Texinfo.hs
+++ b/src/Text/Pandoc/Writers/Texinfo.hs
@@ -241,7 +241,8 @@ blockToTexinfo HorizontalRule =
              text "@end iftex" $$
              text "@ifnottex" $$
              text (replicate 72 '-') $$
-             text "@end ifnottex"
+             text "@end ifnottex" $$
+             blankline
 
 blockToTexinfo (Header 0 _ lst) = do
   txt <- if null lst
diff --git a/test/command/11749.md b/test/command/11749.md
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..e7d57c939
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/command/11749.md
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+```
+% pandoc -t texinfo
+Before
+
+----
+
+After
+^D
+@node Top
+@top Top
+
+Before
+
+@iftex
+@bigskip@hrule@bigskip
+@end iftex
+@ifnottex
+------------------------------------------------------------------------
+@end ifnottex
+
+After
+
+```