diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index 5d3cf392..29a9f21a 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+ - fixed code generation of non-cacheable blocks to play well with php's
+   "Alternative syntax for control structures" (kihara, messju)
  - fix handling of multiple identical inserts in one display()-call (messju)
  - replace {} string access with equivalent substr() to avoid E_STRICT
    warnings in PHP 5.1 (boots)
diff --git a/libs/Smarty_Compiler.class.php b/libs/Smarty_Compiler.class.php
index 25d03b28..9dc6f277 100644
--- a/libs/Smarty_Compiler.class.php
+++ b/libs/Smarty_Compiler.class.php
@@ -2216,7 +2216,7 @@ class Smarty_Compiler extends Smarty {
         if (!isset($this->_cache_serial)) $this->_cache_serial = md5(uniqid('Smarty'));
         $_ret = 'if ($this->caching && !$this->_cache_including) { echo \'{nocache:'
             . $this->_cache_serial . '#' . $this->_nocache_count
-            . '}\';}';
+            . '}\'; };';
         return $_ret;
     }
 
@@ -2233,7 +2233,7 @@ class Smarty_Compiler extends Smarty {
             || --$this->_cacheable_state>0) return '';
         return 'if ($this->caching && !$this->_cache_including) { echo \'{/nocache:'
             . $this->_cache_serial . '#' . ($this->_nocache_count++)
-            . '}\';}';
+            . '}\'; };';
     }