diff --git a/tools/pylint-extensions/azure-pylint-guidelines-checker/pylint_guidelines_checker.py b/tools/pylint-extensions/azure-pylint-guidelines-checker/pylint_guidelines_checker.py
index 124caeb3fdf..7fa8ce6a0bd 100644
--- a/tools/pylint-extensions/azure-pylint-guidelines-checker/pylint_guidelines_checker.py
+++ b/tools/pylint-extensions/azure-pylint-guidelines-checker/pylint_guidelines_checker.py
@@ -1328,6 +1328,11 @@ def check_parameters(self, node):
             if line.startswith("param") and line.count(" ") == 2:
                 _, param_type, param = line.split(" ")
                 docparams[param] = param_type
+            # if the param has its type on the same line with additional spaces
+            if line.startswith("param") and line.count(" ") > 2:
+                param = line.split(" ")[-1]
+                param_type = ("").join(line.split(" ")[1:-1])
+                docparams[param] = param_type
             if line.startswith("type"):
                 param = line.split("type ")[1]
                 if param in docparams:
diff --git a/tools/pylint-extensions/azure-pylint-guidelines-checker/tests/test_pylint_custom_plugins.py b/tools/pylint-extensions/azure-pylint-guidelines-checker/tests/test_pylint_custom_plugins.py
index a2f9d2dc1b4..3dfa27cdc9a 100644
--- a/tools/pylint-extensions/azure-pylint-guidelines-checker/tests/test_pylint_custom_plugins.py
+++ b/tools/pylint-extensions/azure-pylint-guidelines-checker/tests/test_pylint_custom_plugins.py
@@ -3480,4 +3480,30 @@ def function_foo(self) -> Dict[str,str]:
                     end_col_offset=16
                 ),
         ):
+            self.checker.visit_functiondef(node)
+
+    def test_docstring_type_has_space(self):
+        # Don't error if there is extra spacing in the type
+        node = astroid.extract_node(
+            """
+            def function_foo(x):
+                '''
+                :param dict[str, int] x: x
+                '''
+            """
+        )
+        with self.assertNoMessages():
+            self.checker.visit_functiondef(node)
+
+    def test_docstring_type_has_many_spaces(self):
+        # Don't error if there is extra spacing around the type
+        node = astroid.extract_node(
+            """
+            def function_foo(x):
+                '''
+                :param  dict[str, int]  x: x
+                '''
+            """
+        )
+        with self.assertNoMessages():
             self.checker.visit_functiondef(node)
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