diff --git a/modules/swagger-codegen/src/main/java/io/swagger/codegen/DefaultCodegen.java b/modules/swagger-codegen/src/main/java/io/swagger/codegen/DefaultCodegen.java
index aeca659e42a9..f2f90665b1b0 100644
--- a/modules/swagger-codegen/src/main/java/io/swagger/codegen/DefaultCodegen.java
+++ b/modules/swagger-codegen/src/main/java/io/swagger/codegen/DefaultCodegen.java
@@ -126,6 +126,7 @@ public class DefaultCodegen {
     // override with any special text escaping logic
     public String escapeText(String input) {
         if (input != null) {
+            input = input.trim();
             String output = input.replaceAll("\n", "\\\\n");
             output = output.replace("\"", "\\\"");
             return output;