diff --git a/compiler/rustc_ast/src/util/comments.rs b/compiler/rustc_ast/src/util/comments.rs
index 542a330a03141..c40aec4b671dd 100644
--- a/compiler/rustc_ast/src/util/comments.rs
+++ b/compiler/rustc_ast/src/util/comments.rs
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ pub fn beautify_doc_string(data: Symbol) -> Symbol {
             i += 1;
         }
         // like the first, a last line of all stars should be omitted
-        if j > i && lines[j - 1].chars().skip(1).all(|c| c == '*') {
+        if j > i && !lines[j - 1].is_empty() && lines[j - 1].chars().all(|c| c == '*') {
             j -= 1;
         }
 
diff --git a/src/test/rustdoc/include_str_cut.rs b/src/test/rustdoc/include_str_cut.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..cbc1ba8db7529
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/rustdoc/include_str_cut.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+#![crate_name = "foo"]
+#![no_std]
+
+// @has 'foo/fn.foo.html'
+// @has - '//*[@class="docblock"]' 'inc2 x'
+#[doc = include_str!("short-line.md")]
+pub fn foo() {}
diff --git a/src/test/rustdoc/short-line.md b/src/test/rustdoc/short-line.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..eff713baac4a8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/rustdoc/short-line.md
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+inc2
+x