diff --git a/document-generator/latex/DOF-scholarly_paper.sty b/document-generator/latex/DOF-scholarly_paper.sty
index 2ce0bcb..37cdbbc 100644
--- a/document-generator/latex/DOF-scholarly_paper.sty
+++ b/document-generator/latex/DOF-scholarly_paper.sty
@@ -127,7 +127,7 @@
 
 %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%
 % begin: scholarly_paper.abstract
-\providecommand{\keywords}[1]{\mbox{}\\\medskip\noindent{\textbf{Keywords:}} #1}
+\providecommand{\keywords}[1]{\mbox{}\\[2ex]\mbox{}\noindent{\textbf{Keywords:}} #1}
 \newisadof{text.scholarly_paper.abstract}%
 [label=,type=%
 ,scholarly_paper.abstract.keywordlist=%