diff --git a/PROMS/Volian.Print.Library/Pagination.cs b/PROMS/Volian.Print.Library/Pagination.cs
index 76162c62..64fad3d3 100644
--- a/PROMS/Volian.Print.Library/Pagination.cs
+++ b/PROMS/Volian.Print.Library/Pagination.cs
@@ -30,7 +30,10 @@ namespace Volian.Print.Library
 		{
 			// Check if paginate on a separate section, if within a section.  Top level section pagination happens in PromsPrinter
 			if (MyItemInfo.IsSection && MyParent != null && MyParent.MyItemInfo.IsSection && (MyItemInfo as SectionInfo).IsSeparatePagination())
-				return 1;    
+				return 1;
+			// if the EndForSingle format flag is set to false, then we do not print an End message if the section
+			// is a single column section.
+			bool _skipEndMessage = MyPageHelper.MySection.SectionConfig.Section_ColumnMode == SectionConfig.SectionColumnMode.One && !MyItemInfo.ActiveFormat.MyStepSectionLayoutData.EndForSingle;
 
 			float yPageSize = yTopMargin - yBottomMargin;
 
@@ -45,7 +48,7 @@ namespace Volian.Print.Library
 			// line above the end message, thus 2 not 3. This change was made on July 20, 2011 by RHM & KBR. The 
 			// procedure in questions was VEWCNEMG\EMGAPP.PRC, ES-01, Step 8. 
 			bool ManualPageBreak = false;
-			float yEndMsg = !MyItemInfo.IsSection && MyItemInfo.MyHLS != null && MyItemInfo.MyHLS.NextItem == null && (MyItemInfo.MyDocStyle.End.Message ?? "") != "" ? 2 * SixLinesPerInch : 0;
+			float yEndMsg = !_skipEndMessage && !MyItemInfo.IsSection && MyItemInfo.MyHLS != null && MyItemInfo.MyHLS.NextItem == null && (MyItemInfo.MyDocStyle.End.Message ?? "") != "" ? 2 * SixLinesPerInch : 0;
 
 			// The following code is to fix a pagination issue in SHE.  It was decided to not put it into development
 			// because some of the pagination logic may be redesigned.  Without this fix, some pages had a page break 
diff --git a/PROMS/Volian.Print.Library/vlnParagraph.cs b/PROMS/Volian.Print.Library/vlnParagraph.cs
index 6bff89d6..8545bef3 100644
--- a/PROMS/Volian.Print.Library/vlnParagraph.cs
+++ b/PROMS/Volian.Print.Library/vlnParagraph.cs
@@ -1063,8 +1063,11 @@ namespace Volian.Print.Library
 			if (MyItemInfo.IsHigh && MyItemInfo.NextItem == null)		// last hls, add the 'end' message, if there is one
 			{
 				DocStyle docstyle = MyItemInfo.MyDocStyle;
+				// if the EndForSingle format flag is set to false, then we do not print an End message if the section
+				// is a single column section.
+				bool _skipEndMessage = MyPageHelper.MySection.SectionConfig.Section_ColumnMode == SectionConfig.SectionColumnMode.One && !MyItemInfo.ActiveFormat.MyStepSectionLayoutData.EndForSingle;
 				string myMsg = (docstyle.End == null) ? null : docstyle.End.FixedMessage;
-				if (myMsg != null)
+				if (myMsg != null && !_skipEndMessage)
 				{
 					// If the flag is 0 or 1, just put the end message out right below this vlnParagraph:
 					float msg_yLocation = CalculateYLocation(yPageStart - YBottomMost, yTopMargin);