Merge pull request matplotlib#5826 from anntzer/strip-spaces-in-properties-doc

Strip spaces in properties doc after newline.

Author: tacaswell

lib/matplotlib/artist.py

@@ -1094,7 +1094,7 @@ def get_valid_values(self, attr):
 
         match = self._get_valid_values_regex.search(docstring)
         if match is not None:
-            return match.group(1).replace('\n', ' ')
+            return re.sub("\n *", " ", match.group(1))
         return 'unknown'
 
     def _get_setters_and_targets(self):