diff --git a/asciidoc/dblatex-custom.sty b/asciidoc/dblatex-custom.sty
index 1233db5..ba4a508 100644
--- a/asciidoc/dblatex-custom.sty
+++ b/asciidoc/dblatex-custom.sty
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@
 
 % use parbox for description labels to allow line breaks
 \renewcommand\descriptionlabel[1]{
-  \parbox[t]{\linewidth}{\hspace\labelsep \raggedright\bfseries #1}}
+  \parbox[t]{\linewidth}{\raggedright\bfseries #1\smallskip}}
 
 % For DocBook literallayout elements, see `./dblatex/dblatex-readme.txt`.
 \usepackage{alltt}