diff --git a/application/src/test/java/org/opentripplanner/_support/text/TextAssertions.java b/application/src/test/java/org/opentripplanner/_support/text/TextAssertions.java
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..5c555ae8e9e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/application/src/test/java/org/opentripplanner/_support/text/TextAssertions.java
@@ -0,0 +1,105 @@
+package org.opentripplanner._support.text;
+
+import org.junit.jupiter.api.Assertions;
+import org.junit.jupiter.api.Test;
+
+
+/**
+ * This class contains test assert methods not supported by the standard JUnit
+ * framework. F
+ */
+public final class TextAssertions {
+
+  public static final String LINE_DELIMITERS = "(\n|\r|\r\n)";
+  public static final int END_OF_TEXT = -111;
+
+  /**
+
+   * Assert to texts are equals line by line. Empty lines and white-space in the start and end of
+   * a line is ignored.
+   */
+  public static void assertLinesEquals(String expected, String actual) {
+    var expLines = expected.split(LINE_DELIMITERS);
+    var actLines = actual.split(LINE_DELIMITERS);
+
+    int i = -1;
+    int j = -1;
+
+    while (true) {
+      i = next(expLines, i);
+      j = next(actLines, j);
+
+      if (i == END_OF_TEXT && j == END_OF_TEXT) {
+        return;
+      }
+
+      var exp = getLine(expLines, i);
+      var act = getLine(actLines, j);
+
+      if (i == END_OF_TEXT || j == END_OF_TEXT || !exp.equals(act)) {
+        Assertions.fail(
+          "Expected%s: <%s>%n".formatted(lineText(i), exp) +
+          "Actual  %s: <%s>%n".formatted(lineText(j), act)
+        );
+      }
+    }
+  }
+
+  private static String lineText(int index) {
+    return index < 0 ? "(@end-of-text)" : "(@line %d)".formatted(index);
+  }
+
+  private static String getLine(String[] lines, int i) {
+    return i == END_OF_TEXT ? "" : lines[i].trim();
+  }
+
+  private static int next(String[] lines, int index) {
+    ++index;
+    while (index < lines.length) {
+      if (!lines[index].isBlank()) {
+        return index;
+      }
+      ++index;
+    }
+    return END_OF_TEXT;
+  }
+
+  @Test
+  void testIgnoreWhiteSpace() {
+    // Empty text
+    assertLinesEquals("", "\n\n");
+
+    // Text with white-space inserted
+    assertLinesEquals(
+      """
+        A Test
+        Line 2
+        DOS
+        line-shift
+        """,
+      """
+                
+          A Test \t  
+        \t
+                
+        \tLine 2
+        DOS\r\nline-shift
+        """
+    );
+  }
+
+  @Test
+  void testEndOfText() {
+    var ex = Assertions.assertThrows(
+      org.opentest4j.AssertionFailedError.class,
+      () -> assertLinesEquals("A\n", "A\nExtra Line")
+    );
+    Assertions.assertEquals(
+      """
+        Expected(@end-of-text): <>
+        Actual  (@line 1): <Extra Line>
+        """,
+      ex.getMessage()
+    );
+  }
+}
diff --git a/application/src/test/java/org/opentripplanner/apis/support/graphql/injectdoc/InjectCustomDocumentationTest.java b/application/src/test/java/org/opentripplanner/apis/support/graphql/injectdoc/InjectCustomDocumentationTest.java
index 0f326a373aa..3e856faf413 100644
--- a/application/src/test/java/org/opentripplanner/apis/support/graphql/injectdoc/InjectCustomDocumentationTest.java
+++ b/application/src/test/java/org/opentripplanner/apis/support/graphql/injectdoc/InjectCustomDocumentationTest.java
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@
 import java.util.stream.Stream;
 import org.junit.jupiter.api.BeforeEach;
 import org.junit.jupiter.api.Test;
+import org.opentripplanner._support.text.TextAssertions;
 
 /**
  * This test read in a schema file, inject documentation and convert the
@@ -120,7 +121,8 @@ void test() {
     var expected = List.of("BType.a.deprecated", "CType.b.deprecated.append");
 
     assertEquals(expected, missingValues);
-    assertEquals(sdlExpected, result);
+
+    TextAssertions.assertLinesEquals(sdlExpected, result);
   }
 
   String loadSchemaResource(String suffix) throws IOException {