diff --git a/tools/changelog.sh b/tools/changelog.sh
index 8753212e9..634b61d01 100755
--- a/tools/changelog.sh
+++ b/tools/changelog.sh
@@ -91,6 +91,8 @@ function parse-commit {
     if [[ "$body" =~ "BREAKING CHANGE: (.*)" || \
       "$subject" =~ '^[^ :\)]+\)?!: (.*)$' ]]; then
       message="${match[1]}"
+      # remove CR characters (might be inserted in GitHub UI commit description form)
+      message="${message//$'\r'/}"
       # skip next paragraphs (separated by two newlines or more)
       message="${message%%$'\n\n'*}"
       # ... and replace newlines with spaces