diff --git a/src/HeaderComment/UserDefinedTemplateProvider.php b/src/HeaderComment/UserDefinedTemplateProvider.php
index 096e73c8770606d5d7bfc27c27d1aba28f81234e..df92ba419c28c0ac673eb5be1698f5969d09dbba 100644
--- a/src/HeaderComment/UserDefinedTemplateProvider.php
+++ b/src/HeaderComment/UserDefinedTemplateProvider.php
@@ -37,6 +37,6 @@ final class UserDefinedTemplateProvider implements TemplateProviderInterface
     {
         $path = $this->fileLocator->locate('.docheader');
 
-        return $path ? file_get_contents($path) : null;
+        return $path ? trim(file_get_contents($path)) : null;
     }
 }