diff --git a/collects/scribble/base.ss b/collects/scribble/base.ss
index 203ec47b4b..78f058b39e 100644
--- a/collects/scribble/base.ss
+++ b/collects/scribble/base.ss
@@ -514,7 +514,7 @@
 
 (define (margin-note . c)
   (make-nested-flow
-   (make-style "refpara" '(command))
+   (make-style "refpara" '(command never-indents))
    (list
     (make-nested-flow
      (make-style "refcolumn" null)
diff --git a/collects/scribble/latex-render.ss b/collects/scribble/latex-render.ss
index a8e1442dfd..1a64db35af 100644
--- a/collects/scribble/latex-render.ss
+++ b/collects/scribble/latex-render.ss
@@ -158,9 +158,31 @@
             (when use-style? (printf "}")))))
       null)
 
+    (define/private (no-noindent? p ri)
+      (if (delayed-block? p)
+          (no-noindent? (delayed-block-blocks p ri) ri)
+          (or
+           (memq 'never-indents 
+                 (style-properties 
+                  (cond
+                   [(paragraph? p) (paragraph-style p)]
+                   [(compound-paragraph? p) (compound-paragraph-style p)]
+                   [(nested-flow? p) (nested-flow-style p)]
+                   [(table? p) (table-style p)]
+                   [(itemization? p) (itemization-style p)]
+                   [else plain])))
+           (and (nested-flow? p)
+                (pair? (nested-flow-blocks p))
+                (no-noindent? (car (nested-flow-blocks p)) ri))
+           (and (compound-paragraph? p)
+                (pair? (compound-paragraph-blocks p))
+                (no-noindent? (car (compound-paragraph-blocks p)) ri)))))
+
     (define/override (render-intrapara-block p part ri first? last? starting-item?)
       (unless first?
-        (printf "\n\n\\noindent "))
+        (printf "\n\n")
+        (unless (no-noindent? p ri)
+          (printf "\\noindent ")))
       (begin0
        (super render-intrapara-block p part ri first? last? starting-item?)))
 
diff --git a/collects/scribblings/scribble/core.scrbl b/collects/scribblings/scribble/core.scrbl
index cda62c2f9f..a339545f21 100644
--- a/collects/scribblings/scribble/core.scrbl
+++ b/collects/scribblings/scribble/core.scrbl
@@ -386,6 +386,9 @@ The currently recognized @tech{style properties} are as follows:
  @item{@scheme[body-id] structure --- For HTML, uses the given string
        as an @tt{id} attribute of the @tt{<p>} or @tt{<div>} tag.}
 
+ @item{@scheme['never-indents] --- For Latex and @tech{compound
+       paragraphs}; see @scheme[compound-paragraph].}
+
 ]}
 
 
@@ -430,6 +433,9 @@ The following @tech{style properties} are currently recognized:
  @item{@scheme['aux] --- For HTML, include the table in the
        table-of-contents display for the enclosing part.}
 
+ @item{@scheme['never-indents] --- For Latex and @tech{compound
+       paragraphs}; see @scheme[compound-paragraph].}
+
 ]
 
 For Latex output, a paragraph as a cell value is not automatically
@@ -473,6 +479,9 @@ The following @tech{style properties} are currently recognized:
  @item{@scheme[body-id] structure --- For HTML, uses the given string
        as an @tt{id} attribute of the @tt{<ul>} or @tt{<ol>} tag.}
 
+ @item{@scheme['never-indents] --- For Latex and @tech{compound
+       paragraphs}; see @scheme[compound-paragraph].}
+
 ]}
 
 
@@ -507,6 +516,9 @@ The following @tech{style properties} are currently recognized:
  @item{@scheme[body-id] structure --- For HTML, uses the given string
        as an @tt{id} attribute of the @tt{<blockquote>} tag.}
 
+ @item{@scheme['never-indents] --- For Latex and @tech{compound
+       paragraphs}; see @scheme[compound-paragraph].}
+
 ]}
 
 
@@ -518,7 +530,12 @@ A @techlink{compound paragraph} has a @tech{style} and a list of
 
 For HTML, a @scheme[paragraph] block in @scheme[blocks] is rendered
 without a @tt{<p>} tag, unless the paragraph has a style with a
-non-@scheme[#f] @tech{style name}.
+non-@scheme[#f] @tech{style name}. For Latex, each @tech{block} in
+@scheme[blocks] is rendered with a preceding @tt{\noindent}, unless
+the block has the @scheme['never-indents] property (checking
+recursively in a @scheme[nested-flow] or @scheme[compound-paragraph]
+if the @scheme[nested-flow] or @scheme[compound-paragraph] itself has
+no @scheme['never-indents] property).
 
 The @scheme[style] field of a compound paragraph is normally a string
 that corresponds to a CSS class for HTML output or Latex environment
@@ -537,6 +554,9 @@ for Latex output (see @secref["extra-style"]). The following
  @item{@scheme[body-id] structure --- For HTML, uses the given string
        as an @tt{id} attribute of the @tt{<p>} tag.}
 
+ @item{@scheme['never-indents] --- For Latex within another
+       @tech{compound paragraph}; see above.}
+
 ]}