Pathfinder - divide changes shape of figure

Hi,
I'm trying to make a leaf. I'm following this tutorial:
How To Draw A Leaf in CS5 Illustrator - Beginner Tutorial - Using the Pen Tool and Gradients - YouTube
At about 2:40 in the video she tries to use the pen tool and pathfinder -> divide to make a line in the middle. When I do the same thing this happens:
As you can see the tip of the leaf doesn't look so good. This is the best result I've gotten after many attempts at this. It is literally impossible for me to use divide the way she does without distorting the shape of the leaf.
How exactly do I fix this issue?
//ekmanch89

ekmanch,
In the Window>Stroke palette, you may change to Round Cap (and Join, those match), or reduce the Miter Limit. The former looks better.

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