diff --git a/django/newforms/forms.py b/django/newforms/forms.py
index 6ebebded4b9..1ea1c73d9a5 100644
--- a/django/newforms/forms.py
+++ b/django/newforms/forms.py
@@ -159,7 +159,7 @@ class BaseForm(StrAndUnicode):
 
     def as_p(self):
         "Returns this form rendered as HTML <p>s."
-        return self._html_output(u'<p>%(label)s %(field)s%(help_text)s</p>', u'<p>%s</p>', '</p>', u' %s', True)
+        return self._html_output(u'<p>%(label)s %(field)s%(help_text)s</p>', u'%s', '</p>', u' %s', True)
 
     def non_field_errors(self):
         """
diff --git a/tests/regressiontests/forms/tests.py b/tests/regressiontests/forms/tests.py
index d487ab9e8ed..0808ebe97e9 100644
--- a/tests/regressiontests/forms/tests.py
+++ b/tests/regressiontests/forms/tests.py
@@ -1974,11 +1974,11 @@ AttributeError: 'Person' object has no attribute 'cleaned_data'
 <li><ul class="errorlist"><li>This field is required.</li></ul><label for="id_last_name">Last name:</label> <input type="text" name="last_name" id="id_last_name" /></li>
 <li><ul class="errorlist"><li>This field is required.</li></ul><label for="id_birthday">Birthday:</label> <input type="text" name="birthday" id="id_birthday" /></li>
 >>> print p.as_p()
-<p><ul class="errorlist"><li>This field is required.</li></ul></p>
+<ul class="errorlist"><li>This field is required.</li></ul>
 <p><label for="id_first_name">First name:</label> <input type="text" name="first_name" id="id_first_name" /></p>
-<p><ul class="errorlist"><li>This field is required.</li></ul></p>
+<ul class="errorlist"><li>This field is required.</li></ul>
 <p><label for="id_last_name">Last name:</label> <input type="text" name="last_name" id="id_last_name" /></p>
-<p><ul class="errorlist"><li>This field is required.</li></ul></p>
+<ul class="errorlist"><li>This field is required.</li></ul>
 <p><label for="id_birthday">Birthday:</label> <input type="text" name="birthday" id="id_birthday" /></p>
 
 If you don't pass any values to the Form's __init__(), or if you pass None,
@@ -2684,7 +2684,7 @@ its field's order in the form.
 <li>Last name: <input type="text" name="last_name" value="Lennon" /></li>
 <li>Birthday: <input type="text" name="birthday" value="1940-10-9" /><input type="hidden" name="hidden_text" /></li>
 >>> print p.as_p()
-<p><ul class="errorlist"><li>(Hidden field hidden_text) This field is required.</li></ul></p>
+<ul class="errorlist"><li>(Hidden field hidden_text) This field is required.</li></ul>
 <p>First name: <input type="text" name="first_name" value="John" /></p>
 <p>Last name: <input type="text" name="last_name" value="Lennon" /></p>
 <p>Birthday: <input type="text" name="birthday" value="1940-10-9" /><input type="hidden" name="hidden_text" /></p>