1 files changed, 3 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/scripts/kernel-doc b/scripts/kernel-doc
index 99fe4b7fb2f1..fc0835bf65e2 100755
--- a/scripts/kernel-doc
+++ b/scripts/kernel-doc
@@ -1762,6 +1762,9 @@ sub process_file($) {
 
                 $contents = $newcontents;
                 if ($contents ne "") {
+                    if (substr($contents, 0, 1) eq " ") {
+                        $contents = substr($contents, 1);
+                    }
                     $contents .= "\n";
                 }
                 $section = $newsection;