diff --git a/hooks/terraform_docs.sh b/hooks/terraform_docs.sh
index 72979dc55..3d0cc884a 100755
--- a/hooks/terraform_docs.sh
+++ b/hooks/terraform_docs.sh
@@ -93,7 +93,10 @@ function terraform_docs {
   for c in "${configs[@]}"; do
 
     IFS="=" read -r -a config <<< "$c"
-    key=${config[0]}
+    # $hook_config receives string like '--foo=bar; --baz=4;' etc.
+    # It gets split by `;` into array, which we're parsing here ('--foo=bar' ' --baz=4')
+    # Next line removes leading spaces, to support >1 `--hook-config` args
+    key="${config[0]## }"
     value=${config[1]}
 
     case $key in