diff --git a/dokka-subprojects/plugin-templating/src/main/kotlin/org/jetbrains/dokka/templates/DirectiveBasedTemplateProcessing.kt b/dokka-subprojects/plugin-templating/src/main/kotlin/org/jetbrains/dokka/templates/DirectiveBasedTemplateProcessing.kt
index d8ee2e780f..0e8e904d60 100644
--- a/dokka-subprojects/plugin-templating/src/main/kotlin/org/jetbrains/dokka/templates/DirectiveBasedTemplateProcessing.kt
+++ b/dokka-subprojects/plugin-templating/src/main/kotlin/org/jetbrains/dokka/templates/DirectiveBasedTemplateProcessing.kt
@@ -41,7 +41,8 @@ public class DirectiveBasedHtmlTemplateProcessingStrategy(private val context: D
                 handleCommandAsComment(command, bodyTrimed, input, output)
             }
 
-            Files.write(output.toPath(), listOf(document.outerHtml()))
+            // drop last additional \n character that's added
+            Files.write(output.toPath(), listOf(document.outerHtml().dropLast(1)))
             true
         } else false