diff --git a/doc/rpm-build/checkout-build-archives.php b/doc/rpm-build/checkout-build-archives.php
index f9fc191837..18d1423325 100755
--- a/doc/rpm-build/checkout-build-archives.php
+++ b/doc/rpm-build/checkout-build-archives.php
@@ -159,6 +159,11 @@ function do_editsvnchangelog()
 	$cmd = $config['editor'].' '.escapeshellarg($logfile);
 	passthru($cmd);
 	$config['changlog'] = file_get_contents($logfile);
+	// remove trailing newlines
+	while (substr($config['changelog'],-1) == "\n")
+	{
+		$config['changelog'] = substr($config['changelog'],0,-1);
+	}
 	// allow user to abort, by deleting the changelog
 	if (strlen($config['changlog']) <= 2)
 	{