diff --git a/modules/tabular.xml b/modules/tabular.xml
index 0c8980f..9945ce4 100755
--- a/modules/tabular.xml
+++ b/modules/tabular.xml
@@ -214,12 +214,14 @@
 	</template>
 	
 	<!--
-		The last row of a tabular in (Xe)LaTeX shouldn't have a \\ at the end (it still works, but I think you end up with too much white space after the tabular).
+		This template handles the following cases:
 		
-		Case 1: There's no tabular-footer, so apply this to the last row of the tabular-body.
-		Case 2: Last row of the tabular-footer, if it exists.
+		The last row of a tabular in (Xe)LaTeX shouldn't have a \\ at the end, /unless/ you want a horizontal rule (\hline) under the last row (Lamport, p. 62). This template handles the following cases:
+
+		Case 1: The last row of a tabular-body, without a row-rule following it, and no tabular-footer.
+		Case 2: The last row of a tabular-footer, without a row-rule following it.
 	-->
-	<template name="last-row-body" match="tabular-body/row[( position() = last() ) and not( ../following-sibling::tabular-footer )]|tabular-footer/row[position() = last()]">
+	<template name="last-row-body" match="tabular-body/row[( position() = last() ) and not( following-sibling::row-rule ) and not( ancestor::tabular/tabular-footer )]|tabular-footer/row[position() = last() and not( following-sibling::row-rule )]">
 		<common formats="/latex/xelatex/">
 			<xsl:apply-templates />
 			<xsl:text> </xsl:text>