diff --git a/scripts/kernel-doc b/scripts/kernel-doc
index 9b0c0b8b4ab4..55ab5e481966 100755
--- a/scripts/kernel-doc
+++ b/scripts/kernel-doc
@@ -2045,6 +2045,9 @@ sub process_file($) {
 
     $section_counter = 0;
     while (<IN>) {
+	while (s/\\\s*$//) {
+	    $_ .= <IN>;
+	}
 	if ($state == 0) {
 	    if (/$doc_start/o) {
 		$state = 1;		# next line is always the function name