1 files changed, 9 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/lib/rdoc/parser.rb b/lib/rdoc/parser.rb
index 47ecd746d0..5c6a0a8983 100644
--- a/lib/rdoc/parser.rb
+++ b/lib/rdoc/parser.rb
@@ -218,6 +218,8 @@ class RDoc::Parser
 
     return unless parser
 
+    content = remove_modeline content
+
     parser.new top_level, file_name, content, options, stats
   rescue SystemCallError
     nil
@@ -233,6 +235,13 @@ class RDoc::Parser
   end
 
   ##
+  # Removes an emacs-style modeline from the first line of the document
+
+  def self.remove_modeline content
+    content.sub(/\A.*-\*-\s*(.*?\S)\s*-\*-.*\r?\n/, '')
+  end
+
+  ##
   # If there is a <tt>markup: parser_name</tt> comment at the front of the
   # file, use it to determine the parser.  For example:
   #