diff --git a/langchain/document_loaders/confluence.py b/langchain/document_loaders/confluence.py
index 2f3dde60..80e1ed12 100644
--- a/langchain/document_loaders/confluence.py
+++ b/langchain/document_loaders/confluence.py
@@ -347,15 +347,17 @@ class ConfluenceLoader(BaseLoader):
             attachment_texts = self.process_attachment(page["id"])
         else:
             attachment_texts = []
-        text = BeautifulSoup(
-            page["body"]["storage"]["value"], "lxml"
-        ).get_text() + "".join(attachment_texts)
+        text = BeautifulSoup(page["body"]["storage"]["value"], "lxml").get_text(
+            " ", strip=True
+        ) + "".join(attachment_texts)
         if include_comments:
             comments = self.confluence.get_page_comments(
                 page["id"], expand="body.view.value", depth="all"
             )["results"]
             comment_texts = [
-                BeautifulSoup(comment["body"]["view"]["value"], "lxml").get_text()
+                BeautifulSoup(comment["body"]["view"]["value"], "lxml").get_text(
+                    " ", strip=True
+                )
                 for comment in comments
             ]
             text = text + "".join(comment_texts)