diff --git a/pybind11_stubgen/printer.py b/pybind11_stubgen/printer.py
index 8ef4af2..5412ba9 100644
--- a/pybind11_stubgen/printer.py
+++ b/pybind11_stubgen/printer.py
@@ -124,7 +124,7 @@ def print_docstring(self, doc: Docstring) -> list[str]:
             '"""',
             *(
                 line.replace("\\", r"\\").replace('"""', r"\"\"\"")
-                for line in doc.splitlines()
+                for line in doc.lstrip("\n").splitlines()
             ),
             '"""',
         ]