diff --git a/emacs/notmuch-wash.el b/emacs/notmuch-wash.el
index 57e6dfa3..07fc1a1f 100644
--- a/emacs/notmuch-wash.el
+++ b/emacs/notmuch-wash.el
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@
 (require 'coolj)
 
 (declare-function notmuch-show-insert-bodypart "notmuch-show" (msg part depth &optional hide))
+(defvar notmuch-show-indent-messages-width)
 
 ;;
 
@@ -335,12 +336,13 @@ message at the window width. When doing so, citation leaders in
 the wrapped text are maintained."
 
   (let* ((coolj-wrap-follows-window-size nil)
+	 (indent (* depth notmuch-show-indent-messages-width))
 	 (limit (if (numberp notmuch-wash-wrap-lines-length)
 		    (min notmuch-wash-wrap-lines-length
 			 (window-width))
 		  (window-width)))
 	 (fill-column (- limit
-			 depth
+			 indent
 			 ;; 2 to avoid poor interaction with
 			 ;; `word-wrap'.
 			 2)))
diff --git a/test/emacs.expected-output/notmuch-show-thread-maildir-storage-with-fourfold-indentation b/test/emacs.expected-output/notmuch-show-thread-maildir-storage-with-fourfold-indentation
index 4721b8b0..3bbb114a 100644
--- a/test/emacs.expected-output/notmuch-show-thread-maildir-storage-with-fourfold-indentation
+++ b/test/emacs.expected-output/notmuch-show-thread-maildir-storage-with-fourfold-indentation
@@ -109,12 +109,14 @@ http://notmuchmail.org/mailman/listinfo/notmuch
 	    To: notmuch@notmuchmail.org
 	    Date: Wed, 18 Nov 2009 02:50:48 +0600
 
-	    Twas brillig at 15:33:01 17.11.2009 UTC-05 when lars at seas.harvard.edu
-	    did gyre and gimble:
+	    Twas brillig at 15:33:01 17.11.2009 UTC-05 when lars at
+	    seas.harvard.edu did gyre and gimble:
 
 	     LK> Is the list archived anywhere?  The obvious archives
-	     LK> (http://notmuchmail.org/pipermail/notmuch/) aren't available, and I
-	     LK> think I subscribed too late to get the patch (I only just saw the
+	     LK> (http://notmuchmail.org/pipermail/notmuch/) aren't available,
+	    and I
+	     LK> think I subscribed too late to get the patch (I only just saw
+	    the
 	     LK> discussion about it).
 
 	     LK> It doesn't look like the patch is in git yet.
@@ -141,7 +143,8 @@ http://notmuchmail.org/mailman/listinfo/notmuch
 	    seas.harvard.edu> wrote:
 	    > > See the patch just posted here.
 
-	    I've also pushed a slightly more complicated (and complete) fix to my
+	    I've also pushed a slightly more complicated (and complete) fix to
+	    my
 	    private notmuch repository
 
 	    git://keithp.com/git/notmuch
@@ -164,10 +167,12 @@ http://notmuchmail.org/mailman/listinfo/notmuch
 		[ multipart/signed ]
 		[ Unknown signature status ]
 		[ text/plain ]
-		> I've also pushed a slightly more complicated (and complete) fix to my
+		> I've also pushed a slightly more complicated (and complete)
+		> fix to my
 		> private notmuch repository
 
-		The version of lib/messages.cc in your repo doesn't build because it's
+		The version of lib/messages.cc in your repo doesn't build
+		because it's
 		missing "#include <stdint.h>" (for the uint32_t on line 466).
 
 		[ 4-line signature. Click/Enter to show. ]
diff --git a/test/emacs.expected-output/notmuch-show-thread-maildir-storage-without-indentation b/test/emacs.expected-output/notmuch-show-thread-maildir-storage-without-indentation
index 62a46353..620caa00 100644
--- a/test/emacs.expected-output/notmuch-show-thread-maildir-storage-without-indentation
+++ b/test/emacs.expected-output/notmuch-show-thread-maildir-storage-without-indentation
@@ -49,8 +49,8 @@ Date: Wed, 18 Nov 2009 01:02:38 +0600
 [ Unknown signature status ]
 [ text/plain ]
 
-Twas brillig at 14:00:54 17.11.2009 UTC-05 when lars@seas.harvard.edu did
-gyre and gimble:
+Twas brillig at 14:00:54 17.11.2009 UTC-05 when lars@seas.harvard.edu did gyre
+and gimble:
 
  LK> Resulted in 4604 lines of errors along the lines of:
 
@@ -109,8 +109,8 @@ Subject: [notmuch] Working with Maildir storage?
 To: notmuch@notmuchmail.org
 Date: Wed, 18 Nov 2009 02:50:48 +0600
 
-Twas brillig at 15:33:01 17.11.2009 UTC-05 when lars at seas.harvard.edu
-did gyre and gimble:
+Twas brillig at 15:33:01 17.11.2009 UTC-05 when lars at seas.harvard.edu did
+gyre and gimble:
 
  LK> Is the list archived anywhere?  The obvious archives
  LK> (http://notmuchmail.org/pipermail/notmuch/) aren't available, and I