diff --git a/gourmet/exporters/exporter.py b/gourmet/exporters/exporter.py
index fdb2de519..2c1e1bcaf 100644
--- a/gourmet/exporters/exporter.py
+++ b/gourmet/exporters/exporter.py
@@ -245,7 +245,7 @@ def write_foot (self):
     @pluggable_method
     def write_inghead(self):
         """Write any necessary markup before ingredients."""
-        self.out.write("\n---\n%s\n---\n"%_("Ingredients"))
+        self.out.write("\n-----------\n%s\n-----------\n"%_("Ingredients"))
 
     @pluggable_method
     def write_ingfoot(self):
@@ -286,7 +286,7 @@ def write_text (self, label, text):
         handle_markup methods (handle_italic, handle_bold,
         handle_underline).
         """
-        self.out.write("\n---\n%s\n---\n"%label)
+        self.out.write("\n"+"-"*len(label)+"\n%s\n"%label+"-"*len(label)+"\n")
         ll=text.split("\n")
         for l in ll:
             for wrapped_line in textwrap.wrap(l):