diff --git a/doc/org.texi b/doc/org.texi
index bd22c7a..7fe49d2 100644
--- a/doc/org.texi
+++ b/doc/org.texi
@@ -13972,6 +13972,10 @@ to @code{#+BEGIN_} and @code{#+END_}, which will then be used to wrap the
 results.  If not string is specified then the results will be wrapped in a
 @code{#+BEGIN/END_RESULTS} block.
 
+The string ``nowrap'' (case insensitive) is treated specially. It will
+disable wrapping, if it has been turned on by setting the :wrap property at
+a higher outline level.
+
 @node Results of evaluation, Noweb reference syntax, Header arguments, Working With Source Code
 @section Results of evaluation
 @cindex code block, results of evaluation
diff --git a/lisp/ob-core.el b/lisp/ob-core.el
index 275a4f7..bf84ef0 100644
--- a/lisp/ob-core.el
+++ b/lisp/ob-core.el
@@ -1893,6 +1893,13 @@ org ----- results are added inside of a \"#+BEGIN_SRC org\" block.
           They are not comma-escaped when inserted, but Org syntax
           here will be discarded when exporting the file.
 
+wrap ---- if no argument is supplied, the results are added
+          inside a #+BEGIN_RESULTS block. If a string argument
+          is provided, the string is appended to #+BEGIN_ and
+          #+END_ to delimit the block, unless the string is
+          'nowrap' (case insensitive), in which case the results 
+          will *not* be wrapped.
+
 html ---- results are added inside of a #+BEGIN_HTML block.  This
           is a good option if you code block will output html
           formatted text.
@@ -2009,7 +2016,10 @@ code ---- the results are extracted in the syntax of the source
 		(setq end (point-marker))
 		;; possibly wrap result
 		(cond
-		 ((assoc :wrap (nth 2 info))
+		 ((let ((w (assoc :wrap (nth 2 info))))
+		    (and w
+			 (or (not (stringp (cdr w)))
+			     (not (string= (upcase (cdr w)) "NOWRAP")))))
 		  (let ((name (or (cdr (assoc :wrap (nth 2 info))) "RESULTS")))
 		    (funcall wrap (concat "#+BEGIN_" name)
 			     (concat "#+END_" (car (org-split-string name))))))