diff --git a/src/librustdoc/html/format.rs b/src/librustdoc/html/format.rs
index 55b0028180f66..0f0efcf62a010 100644
--- a/src/librustdoc/html/format.rs
+++ b/src/librustdoc/html/format.rs
@@ -371,7 +371,8 @@ crate fn print_where_clause<'a, 'tcx: 'a>(
             clause = clause.replace("<br>", &format!("<br>{}", padding));
             clause.insert_str(0, &"&nbsp;".repeat(indent.saturating_sub(1)));
             if !end_newline {
-                clause.insert_str(0, "<br>");
+                // we insert the <br> after a single space but before multiple spaces at the start
+                clause.insert_str(if indent == 0 { 1 } else { 0 }, "<br>");
             }
         }
         write!(f, "{}", clause)
diff --git a/src/test/rustdoc/where.SWhere_Simd_item-decl.html b/src/test/rustdoc/where.SWhere_Simd_item-decl.html
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..0133bcaeb6673
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/rustdoc/where.SWhere_Simd_item-decl.html
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+<div class="docblock item-decl"><pre class="rust struct"><code>pub struct Simd&lt;T&gt;(_) <br /><span class="where">where<br />&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;T: <a class="trait" href="trait.MyTrait.html" title="trait foo::MyTrait">MyTrait</a></span>;</code></pre></div>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/test/rustdoc/where.SWhere_TraitWhere_item-decl.html b/src/test/rustdoc/where.SWhere_TraitWhere_item-decl.html
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..54026ff034e00
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/rustdoc/where.SWhere_TraitWhere_item-decl.html
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+<div class="docblock item-decl"><pre class="rust trait"><code>pub trait TraitWhere {
+    type <a href="#associatedtype.Item" class="associatedtype">Item</a>&lt;'a&gt;<br />&#160;&#160;&#160; <span class="where">where<br />&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Self: 'a</span>;
+}</code></pre></div>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/test/rustdoc/where.rs b/src/test/rustdoc/where.rs
index 549cfff96cb6d..50a5722fbaff6 100644
--- a/src/test/rustdoc/where.rs
+++ b/src/test/rustdoc/where.rs
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+#![feature(generic_associated_types)]
 #![crate_name = "foo"]
 
 pub trait MyTrait { fn dummy(&self) { } }
@@ -19,6 +20,18 @@ impl<D> Delta<D> where D: MyTrait {
 
 pub struct Echo<E>(E);
 
+// @has 'foo/struct.Simd.html'
+// @snapshot SWhere_Simd_item-decl - '//div[@class="docblock item-decl"]'
+pub struct Simd<T>([T; 1])
+where
+    T: MyTrait;
+
+// @has 'foo/trait.TraitWhere.html'
+// @snapshot SWhere_TraitWhere_item-decl - '//div[@class="docblock item-decl"]'
+pub trait TraitWhere {
+    type Item<'a> where Self: 'a;
+}
+
 // @has foo/struct.Echo.html '//*[@class="impl has-srclink"]//h3[@class="code-header in-band"]' \
 //          "impl<E> MyTrait for Echo<E> where E: MyTrait"
 // @has foo/trait.MyTrait.html '//*[@id="implementors-list"]//h3[@class="code-header in-band"]' \