diff --git a/mlir/tools/mlir-tblgen/OpDocGen.cpp b/mlir/tools/mlir-tblgen/OpDocGen.cpp
index 088d34597f315..498aa40435fb1 100644
--- a/mlir/tools/mlir-tblgen/OpDocGen.cpp
+++ b/mlir/tools/mlir-tblgen/OpDocGen.cpp
@@ -50,8 +50,9 @@ using mlir::tblgen::Operator;
 
 void mlir::tblgen::emitSummary(StringRef summary, raw_ostream &os) {
   if (!summary.empty()) {
-    char first = std::toupper(summary.front());
-    llvm::StringRef rest = summary.drop_front();
+    llvm::StringRef trimmed = summary.trim();
+    char first = std::toupper(trimmed.front());
+    llvm::StringRef rest = trimmed.drop_front();
     os << "\n_" << first << rest << "_\n\n";
   }
 }