diff --git a/docs/angular.io-package/index.js b/docs/angular.io-package/index.js
index 9e6eab4470..d6521df300 100644
--- a/docs/angular.io-package/index.js
+++ b/docs/angular.io-package/index.js
@@ -54,4 +54,11 @@ module.exports = new Package('angular.io', [basePackage])
 
 .config(function(getLinkInfo) {
   getLinkInfo.relativeLinks = true;
-});
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+})
+
+
+.config(function(templateEngine, getInjectables) {
+  templateEngine.filters = templateEngine.filters.concat(getInjectables([require('./rendering/trimBlankLines')]));
+});
+
+
diff --git a/docs/angular.io-package/rendering/trimBlankLines.js b/docs/angular.io-package/rendering/trimBlankLines.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..82728d7635
--- /dev/null
+++ b/docs/angular.io-package/rendering/trimBlankLines.js
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+module.exports = function(encodeCodeBlock) {
+  return {
+    name: 'trimBlankLines',
+    process: function(str) {
+      var lines = str.split(/\r?\n/);
+      while(lines[0] === '') {
+        lines.shift();
+      }
+      return lines.join('\n');
+    }
+  };
+};
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diff --git a/docs/angular.io-package/templates/class.template.html b/docs/angular.io-package/templates/class.template.html
index 7ef3e573a6..4387fc0dd1 100644
--- a/docs/angular.io-package/templates/class.template.html
+++ b/docs/angular.io-package/templates/class.template.html
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ p.location-badge.
   defined in {$ githubViewLink(doc) $}
 
 :markdown
-{$ doc.description | indent(2, true) $}
+{$ doc.description | indent(2, true) | trimBlankLines $}
 
 {%- if doc.decorators %}
 .l-main-section
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ p.location-badge.
         {$ doc.constructorDoc.name $}{$ paramList(doc.constructorDoc.parameters) | indent(4, true) | trim $}
     {% endif %}
     :markdown
-{$ doc.constructorDoc.description | indent(6, true) | replace('## Example', '') | replace('# Example', '') $}
+{$ doc.constructorDoc.description | indent(6, true) | replace('## Example', '') | replace('# Example', '') | trimBlankLines $}
 
 
 {% endif -%}
@@ -52,8 +52,7 @@ p.location-badge.
         {$ member.name $}{$ paramList(member.parameters) | indent(4, true) | trim $}{$ returnType(doc.returnType) $}
     {% endif %}
     :markdown
-
-{$ member.description | indent(6, true) | replace('## Example', '') | replace('# Example', '')  $}
+{$ member.description | indent(6, true) | replace('## Example', '') | replace('# Example', '') | trimBlankLines $}
 
 
 
diff --git a/docs/angular.io-package/templates/function.template.html b/docs/angular.io-package/templates/function.template.html
index 7426f9f9ec..5136a35021 100644
--- a/docs/angular.io-package/templates/function.template.html
+++ b/docs/angular.io-package/templates/function.template.html
@@ -17,6 +17,6 @@
     defined in {$ githubViewLink(doc) $}
 
   :markdown
-{$ doc.description | indent(4, true) $}
+{$ doc.description | indent(4, true) | trimBlankLines $}
 
 {% endblock %}
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diff --git a/docs/angular.io-package/templates/var.template.html b/docs/angular.io-package/templates/var.template.html
index a7d59866f7..f3038934c6 100644
--- a/docs/angular.io-package/templates/var.template.html
+++ b/docs/angular.io-package/templates/var.template.html
@@ -9,5 +9,5 @@
     defined in {$ githubViewLink(doc) $}
 
   :markdown
-{$ doc.description | indent(4, true) $}
+{$ doc.description | indent(4, true) | trimBlankLines $}
 {% endblock %}
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