diff --git a/ietf/utils/soup2text.py b/ietf/utils/soup2text.py
index ad86a31c0..614694a2c 100755
--- a/ietf/utils/soup2text.py
+++ b/ietf/utils/soup2text.py
@@ -48,6 +48,7 @@ def para(words, pre):
         #print "["+text+"]"
         text = re.sub("[\t ]+", " ", text)
         text = text.strip("\n")
+        text = text.lstrip()
         text = textwrap.fill(text)  
     return text