1 files changed, 2 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/lisp/textmodes/ooutline.el b/lisp/textmodes/ooutline.el
index 65f75d655eb..5c6c858757f 100644
--- a/lisp/textmodes/ooutline.el
+++ b/lisp/textmodes/ooutline.el
@@ -198,13 +198,13 @@ Turning on outline mode calls the value of `text-mode-hook' and then of
   (setq local-abbrev-table text-mode-abbrev-table)
   (set-syntax-table text-mode-syntax-table)
   (make-local-variable 'paragraph-start)
-  (setq paragraph-start (concat paragraph-start "\\|^\\("
+  (setq paragraph-start (concat paragraph-start "\\|\\("
                                 outline-regexp "\\)"))
   ;; Inhibit auto-filling of header lines.
   (make-local-variable 'auto-fill-inhibit-regexp)
   (setq auto-fill-inhibit-regexp outline-regexp)
   (make-local-variable 'paragraph-separate)
-  (setq paragraph-separate (concat paragraph-separate "\\|^\\("
+  (setq paragraph-separate (concat paragraph-separate "\\|\\("
                                    outline-regexp "\\)"))
   (make-local-variable 'font-lock-defaults)
   (setq font-lock-defaults '(outline-font-lock-keywords t))