diff --git a/docs/conf.py b/docs/conf.py
index dec7add..8e4b10b 100644
--- a/docs/conf.py
+++ b/docs/conf.py
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@
 fields = ['--name', '--version', '--url', '--author']
 dist_info_cmd = [sys.executable, setup_script] + fields
 output_bytes = subprocess.check_output(dist_info_cmd, cwd=root)
-project, version, url, author = output_bytes.decode('utf-8').split()
+project, version, url, author = output_bytes.decode('utf-8').strip().split('\n')
 
 copyright = '2016 ' + author