diff --git a/.github/workflows/do-release.yml b/.github/workflows/do-release.yml
index 3777d91..b8560b2 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/do-release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/do-release.yml
@@ -116,8 +116,8 @@ jobs:
       - name: Get new version
         id: newversion
         run: |
-        pip install poetry
-        echo "::set-output name=version::$(echo $(poetry version | cut -d' ' -f2))"
+          pip install poetry
+          echo "::set-output name=version::$(echo $(poetry version | cut -d' ' -f2))"
 
       - name: Get next semantic version
         id: nextversion
diff --git a/src/docformatter/format.py b/src/docformatter/format.py
index 248a9fe..c28d24c 100644
--- a/src/docformatter/format.py
+++ b/src/docformatter/format.py
@@ -23,9 +23,11 @@
 # SOFTWARE.
 """This module provides docformatter's Formattor class."""
 
+
 # Standard Library Imports
 import argparse
 import collections
+import contextlib
 import io
 import tokenize
 from typing import TextIO, Tuple
@@ -34,11 +36,10 @@
 import untokenize
 
 # docformatter Package Imports
+import docformatter.encode as _encode
 import docformatter.strings as _strings
 import docformatter.syntax as _syntax
 import docformatter.util as _util
-import docformatter.encode as _encode
-
 
 unicode = str
 
@@ -327,6 +328,9 @@ def _format_code(
                     modified_tokens.append(
                         (token_type, token_string, start, end, line)
                     )
+                    modified_tokens = self._do_remove_blank_lines_after_method(
+                        modified_tokens
+                    )
 
             return untokenize.untokenize(modified_tokens)
         except tokenize.TokenError:
@@ -446,6 +450,29 @@ def _do_format_docstring(
                 ).strip()
                 return f"{beginning}{summary_wrapped}{ending}"
 
+    def _do_remove_blank_lines_after_method(self, modified_tokens):
+        """Remove blank lines after method docstring.
+
+        Parameters
+        ----------
+        modified_tokens: list
+            The list of tokens created from the docstring.
+
+        Returns
+        -------
+        modified_tokens: list
+            The list of tokens with any blank lines following a method
+            docstring removed.
+        """
+        with contextlib.suppress(IndexError):
+            if (
+                modified_tokens[-1][4] == "\n"
+                and modified_tokens[-2][4].strip() == '"""'
+                and modified_tokens[-5][4].lstrip().startswith("def")
+            ):
+                modified_tokens.pop(-1)
+        return modified_tokens
+
     def _do_strip_docstring(self, docstring: str) -> Tuple[str, str]:
         """Return contents of docstring and opening quote type.
 
diff --git a/tests/test_format_code.py b/tests/test_format_code.py
index 8859012..cb4b5ff 100644
--- a/tests/test_format_code.py
+++ b/tests/test_format_code.py
@@ -944,6 +944,53 @@ class TestClass:
 '''
         )
 
+    @pytest.mark.unit
+    @pytest.mark.parametrize("args", [[""]])
+    def test_format_code_strip_blank_line_after_method_docstring(
+        self,
+        test_args,
+        args,
+    ):
+        """Strip any newlines after a method docstring.
+
+        See issue #130 and requirement PEP_257_4.4.
+        """
+        uut = Formatter(
+            test_args,
+            sys.stderr,
+            sys.stdin,
+            sys.stdout,
+        )
+
+        docstring = '''\
+class TestClass:
+    """This is a class docstring."""
+
+    def test_method(self):
+        """This is a method docstring.
+
+        With a long description followed by two blank lines.
+        """
+        pass
+'''
+        assert docstring == uut._do_format_code(
+            '''\
+class TestClass:
+
+    """This is a class docstring."""
+
+    def test_method(self):
+
+        """This is a method docstring.
+
+        With a long description followed by two blank lines.
+        """
+
+
+        pass
+'''
+)
+
 
 class TestFormatCodeRanges:
     """Class for testing _format_code() with the line_range or length_range