lib/PublicInbox/View.pm | 3 ++-

diff --git a/lib/PublicInbox/View.pm b/lib/PublicInbox/View.pm
index c1a5fbb17e0af4a703b89aa3031ad0b85f477135..1fb40068a613119b086a63ebb96ac37371bb50a8 100644
--- a/lib/PublicInbox/View.pm
+++ b/lib/PublicInbox/View.pm
@@ -113,7 +113,8 @@ 		if ($s =~ s/^---\n.*\z//ms) {
 			$more = "$pfx...\n";
 		}
 
-		# kill any trailing whitespace
+		# kill any leading or trailing whitespace
+		$s =~ s/\A\s+//s;
 		$s =~ s/\s+\z//s;
 
 		# add prefix: