1 files changed, 8 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/bin/changelog b/bin/changelog
index e07b1ad237a..4c894f8ff5b 100755
--- a/bin/changelog
+++ b/bin/changelog
@@ -84,12 +84,15 @@ class ChangelogEntry
     end
   end
 
+  private
+
   def contents
-    YAML.dump(
+    yaml_content = YAML.dump(
       'title'         => title,
       'merge_request' => options.merge_request,
       'author'        => options.author
     )
+    remove_trailing_whitespace(yaml_content)
   end
 
   def write
@@ -101,8 +104,6 @@ class ChangelogEntry
     exec("git commit --amend")
   end
 
-  private
-
   def fail_with(message)
     $stderr.puts "\e[31merror\e[0m #{message}"
     exit 1
@@ -160,6 +161,10 @@ class ChangelogEntry
   def branch_name
     @branch_name ||= %x{git symbolic-ref --short HEAD}.strip
   end
+
+  def remove_trailing_whitespace(yaml_content)
+    yaml_content.gsub(/ +$/, '')
+  end
 end
 
 if $0 == __FILE__