--- simple.el-21.1	Tue Dec 31 14:16:42 2002
+++ simple.el	Tue Dec 31 14:16:49 2002
@@ -162,6 +162,7 @@
   (let ((col (current-column))
 	(pos (point)))
     (newline 1)
+    (if fill-prefix (insert-and-inherit fill-prefix))
     (indent-to col 0)
     (goto-char pos)))