diff --git a/README.html b/README.html
index 89bd1b2..bcc917f 100644
--- a/README.html
+++ b/README.html
@@ -109,7 +109,7 @@
     <h2>Recent Changes</h2>
     <p class="nomargin"><tt>rel-2006-xx-yy</tt></p>
     <ul class="nomargin">
-      <li>Serialization fixes (thanks to Nathan Bird).</li>
+      <li>Serialization fixes (thanks to Nathan Bird, Donavon Keithley).</li>
     </ul>
     <p class="nomargin"><tt>rel-2006-01-05</tt></p>
     <ul class="nomargin">
diff --git a/xml/unparse.lisp b/xml/unparse.lisp
index e5a49f7..5930db2 100644
--- a/xml/unparse.lisp
+++ b/xml/unparse.lisp
@@ -545,6 +545,7 @@
   value)
 
 (defun cdata (data)
+  (maybe-emit-start-tag)
   (sax:start-cdata *sink*)
   (sax:characters *sink* (rod data))
   (sax:end-cdata *sink*)