diff --git a/lib/jsdoc/util/templateHelper.js b/lib/jsdoc/util/templateHelper.js
index fa1604f2..1b967ba5 100644
--- a/lib/jsdoc/util/templateHelper.js
+++ b/lib/jsdoc/util/templateHelper.js
@@ -425,6 +425,13 @@ function splitLinkText(text) {
         target = text.substr(0, splitIndex);
     }
 
+    if (linkText) {
+        linkText = linkText.trim();
+    }
+    if (target) {
+        target = target.trim();
+    }
+
     return {
         linkText: linkText,
         target: target || text
diff --git a/test/specs/jsdoc/util/templateHelper.js b/test/specs/jsdoc/util/templateHelper.js
index bd6d2d9b..aac38dde 100644
--- a/test/specs/jsdoc/util/templateHelper.js
+++ b/test/specs/jsdoc/util/templateHelper.js
@@ -1517,6 +1517,13 @@ describe("jsdoc/util/templateHelper", () => {
             expect(output).toBe('Link to <a href="path/to/test.html">Test</a>');
         });
 
+        it('should not add spaces to the href or text when there are spaces around the pipe', () => {
+            const input = 'Link to {@link test | Test}';
+            const output = helper.resolveLinks(input);
+
+            expect(output).toBe('Link to <a href="path/to/test.html">Test</a>');
+        });
+
         it('should allow first space to be used as delimiter between href and text (external link)', () => {
             const input = 'Link to {@link http://github.com Github}';
             const output = helper.resolveLinks(input);