Closing paths not resulting in straight line

Hi,
When drawing a path, I sometimes find that when closing it (and seeing the circle to let you know you're about to), it sometimes doesn't make a straight line to but rather a curve. Why does that happen and how can it be avoided? Thanks.

bf,
More specifically, you have ClickDragged the last point before closing, unless you have ClickDragged the start/end Anchor Point and almost unavoidably changed the first segment.
To get s traight segment, you need to Click the last one before closing (and then Click the starting Anchor Point).

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