diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 4c9c0c8dae450e093a00d0becc0babcb12fda90e..bda244435c2680f13d5f6441a5fff1f53602ff23 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -1,7 +1,8 @@
 docs:
 	csplit -sf readme -n 1 .gitlab/README.md '/<INPUTS>/'
 	yq '.spec.inputs | .[] | "| `" + key + "` | `" + .default + "` | " + .description + " |"' templates/full-pipeline.yml > readme_inputs.md
-	echo '<!-- This document is generated by `make docs` from `.gitlab/README.md` -->\n' > README.md
+	echo '<!-- This document is generated by `make docs` from `.gitlab/README.md` -->' > README.md
+	echo >> README.md
 	cat readme0 >> README.md
 	cat readme_inputs.md >> README.md
 	tail -n+2 readme1 >> README.md