diff --git a/doc/scripts/wikiparser.py b/doc/scripts/wikiparser.py
index b133040f5..51bae56e5 100644
--- a/doc/scripts/wikiparser.py
+++ b/doc/scripts/wikiparser.py
@@ -714,7 +714,7 @@ def parse_text(line, context=None, parse_links=True):
                 else:
                     text, _, remaining = remaining.partition('|')
 
-                text = parse_text(text, parse_links=False)
+                text = parse_text(text.strip(), parse_links=False)
 
             params = None
             if remaining: