diff --git a/check_comment_ascii.py b/check_comment_ascii.py
index 49cac90d7..98bc9c2e3 100644
--- a/check_comment_ascii.py
+++ b/check_comment_ascii.py
@@ -5,12 +5,13 @@ import ast
 import pathlib
 import re
 
-ASCII = re.compile(r"^[ -~]*\Z")  # Only printable ASCII
+ASCII = re.compile(r"^[\n -~]*\Z")  # Printable ASCII + newline
 
 
 def check(src: str, name: str) -> int:
     """
-    I'm a docstring
+    docstring line 1
+    docstring line 2
     """
     ok = 1
     # A common comment begins with `#`