diff --git a/sphinx_click/ext.py b/sphinx_click/ext.py
index 4441588..b6bf205 100644
--- a/sphinx_click/ext.py
+++ b/sphinx_click/ext.py
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+import inspect
 import re
 import traceback
 import warnings
@@ -101,7 +102,7 @@ def _write_opts(opts):
 
 
 def _format_help(help_string):
-    help_string = ANSI_ESC_SEQ_RE.sub('', help_string)
+    help_string = inspect.cleandoc(ANSI_ESC_SEQ_RE.sub('', help_string))
 
     bar_enabled = False
     for line in statemachine.string2lines(
diff --git a/tests/test_formatter.py b/tests/test_formatter.py
index 0cc8651..07b7230 100644
--- a/tests/test_formatter.py
+++ b/tests/test_formatter.py
@@ -377,7 +377,6 @@ def foobar():
 
             foobar [OPTIONS]
 
-
         An epilog containing pre-wrapped text.
 
         | This is