Whitespace in output of describe-variable

[Juanma Barranquero]

Months ago someone changed describe-variable's whitespace output in
such a way as to make it (to me) less legible, at least on obsolete
variables. For example:

 XXX is a variable define in `YYY.el'.
 Its value is ZZZZ


 This variable is obsolete since since 22.1;
 use `WWW' instead.
 Documentation:
 *My docstring.

Instead of:

 XXX is a variable define in `YYY.el'.
 Its value is ZZZZ

 This variable is obsolete since since 22.1;
 use `WWW' instead.

 Documentation:
 *My docstring.

Was this change made on purpose?

                   /L/e/k/t/u