diff --git a/spec/compiler/formatter/formatter_spec.cr b/spec/compiler/formatter/formatter_spec.cr
index dcd314c9e94a..45f91d00ea54 100644
--- a/spec/compiler/formatter/formatter_spec.cr
+++ b/spec/compiler/formatter/formatter_spec.cr
@@ -1065,6 +1065,7 @@ describe Crystal::Formatter do
 
   assert_format "foo : (A) | D"
   assert_format "foo : (F(A)) | D"
+  assert_format "foo : (   A  |  B   )", "foo : (A | B)"
 
   assert_format "def   foo(x   :  (A | B)) \n  end", "def foo(x : (A | B))\nend"
   assert_format "foo : (String -> String?) | (String)"
@@ -1074,6 +1075,7 @@ describe Crystal::Formatter do
   assert_format "alias A = (B(C, (C | D)) | E)"
   assert_format "alias A = ((B(C | D) | E) | F)"
   assert_format "alias A = ({A, (B)})"
+  assert_format "alias A = (   A  |  B   )", "alias A = (A | B)"
 
   assert_format "foo : A(B)\nbar : C"
   assert_format "foo : (A -> B)\nbar : C"
@@ -1083,6 +1085,7 @@ describe Crystal::Formatter do
   assert_format "def foo : (A, B) ->\n  nil\nend"
   assert_format "def foo : (A | B(C))\n  nil\nend"
   assert_format "def foo : A | B(C)\n  nil\nend"
+  assert_format "def foo(x : (   A  |  B   )) : (   A  |  B   )\nend", "def foo(x : (A | B)) : (A | B)\nend"
 
   assert_format "foo &.bar.is_a?(Baz)"
   assert_format "foo &.bar.responds_to?(:baz)"
diff --git a/src/compiler/crystal/tools/formatter.cr b/src/compiler/crystal/tools/formatter.cr
index 0aa62754b4ee..9b1729c383ad 100644
--- a/src/compiler/crystal/tools/formatter.cr
+++ b/src/compiler/crystal/tools/formatter.cr
@@ -1259,9 +1259,12 @@ module Crystal
         accept type
 
         last = last?(i, node.types)
-        skip_space_or_newline unless last
+        if last
+          skip_space
+        else
+          skip_space_or_newline
+        end
 
-        must_break = false
         while true
           case @token.type
           when :"|"
@@ -1284,7 +1287,6 @@ module Crystal
             break
           end
         end
-        break if must_break
       end
 
       check_close_paren