diff --git a/runtime/lua/vim/lsp/util.lua b/runtime/lua/vim/lsp/util.lua
index ba8c72128e..e36014d07d 100644
--- a/runtime/lua/vim/lsp/util.lua
+++ b/runtime/lua/vim/lsp/util.lua
@@ -716,15 +716,18 @@ function M.text_document_completion_list_to_complete_items(result, prefix)
   local matches = {}
 
   for _, completion_item in ipairs(items) do
-    local info = ' '
+    local info = ''
     local documentation = completion_item.documentation
     if documentation then
       if type(documentation) == 'string' and documentation ~= '' then
         info = documentation
       elseif type(documentation) == 'table' and type(documentation.value) == 'string' then
         info = documentation.value
-        -- else
-        -- TODO(ashkan) Validation handling here?
+      else
+        vim.notify(
+          ('invalid documentation value %s'):format(vim.inspect(documentation)),
+          vim.log.levels.WARN
+        )
       end
     end
 
@@ -734,7 +737,7 @@ function M.text_document_completion_list_to_complete_items(result, prefix)
       abbr = completion_item.label,
       kind = M._get_completion_item_kind_name(completion_item.kind),
       menu = completion_item.detail or '',
-      info = info,
+      info = #info > 0 and info or nil,
       icase = 1,
       dup = 1,
       empty = 1,
diff --git a/test/functional/plugin/lsp_spec.lua b/test/functional/plugin/lsp_spec.lua
index 72a9bc45a2..85138417ff 100644
--- a/test/functional/plugin/lsp_spec.lua
+++ b/test/functional/plugin/lsp_spec.lua
@@ -2213,8 +2213,8 @@ describe('LSP', function()
       local prefix = 'foo'
       local completion_list = {
         -- resolves into label
-        { label='foobar', sortText="a" },
-        { label='foobar', sortText="b", textEdit={} },
+        { label = 'foobar', sortText = 'a', documentation = 'documentation' },
+        { label = 'foobar', sortText = 'b', documentation = { value = 'documentation' }, textEdit = {} },
         -- resolves into insertText
         { label='foocar', sortText="c", insertText='foobar' },
         { label='foocar', sortText="d", insertText='foobar', textEdit={} },
@@ -2233,17 +2233,17 @@ describe('LSP', function()
       }
       local completion_list_items = {items=completion_list}
       local expected = {
-        { abbr = 'foobar', dup = 1, empty = 1, icase = 1, info = ' ', kind = 'Unknown', menu = '', word = 'foobar', user_data = { nvim = { lsp = { completion_item = { label = 'foobar', sortText="a" } } } } },
-        { abbr = 'foobar', dup = 1, empty = 1, icase = 1, info = ' ', kind = 'Unknown', menu = '', word = 'foobar', user_data = { nvim = { lsp = { completion_item = { label='foobar', sortText="b", textEdit={} } } }  } },
-        { abbr = 'foocar', dup = 1, empty = 1, icase = 1, info = ' ', kind = 'Unknown', menu = '', word = 'foobar', user_data = { nvim = { lsp = { completion_item = { label='foocar', sortText="c", insertText='foobar' } } } } },
-        { abbr = 'foocar', dup = 1, empty = 1, icase = 1, info = ' ', kind = 'Unknown', menu = '', word = 'foobar', user_data = { nvim = { lsp = { completion_item = { label='foocar', sortText="d", insertText='foobar', textEdit={} } } } } },
-        { abbr = 'foocar', dup = 1, empty = 1, icase = 1, info = ' ', kind = 'Unknown', menu = '', word = 'foobar', user_data = { nvim = { lsp = { completion_item = { label='foocar', sortText="e", insertText='foodar', textEdit={newText='foobar'} } } } } },
-        { abbr = 'foocar', dup = 1, empty = 1, icase = 1, info = ' ', kind = 'Unknown', menu = '', word = 'foobar', user_data = { nvim = { lsp = { completion_item = { label='foocar', sortText="f", textEdit={newText='foobar'} } } } } },
-        { abbr = 'foocar', dup = 1, empty = 1, icase = 1, info = ' ', kind = 'Unknown', menu = '', word = 'foobar(place holder, more ...holder{})', user_data = { nvim = { lsp = { completion_item = { label='foocar', sortText="g", insertText='foodar', insertTextFormat=2, textEdit={newText='foobar(${1:place holder}, ${2:more ...holder{\\}})'} } } } } },
-        { abbr = 'foocar', dup = 1, empty = 1, icase = 1, info = ' ', kind = 'Unknown', menu = '', word = 'foodar(var1 typ1, var2 *typ2) {}', user_data = { nvim = { lsp = { completion_item = { label='foocar', sortText="h", insertText='foodar(${1:var1} typ1, ${2:var2} *typ2) {$0\\}', insertTextFormat=2, textEdit={} } } } } },
-        { abbr = 'foocar', dup = 1, empty = 1, icase = 1, info = ' ', kind = 'Unknown', menu = '', word = 'foodar(var1 typ2 tail) {}', user_data = { nvim = { lsp = { completion_item = { label='foocar', sortText="i", insertText='foodar(${1:var1 ${2|typ2,typ3|} ${3:tail}}) {$0\\}', insertTextFormat=2, textEdit={} } } } } },
-        { abbr = 'foocar', dup = 1, empty = 1, icase = 1, info = ' ', kind = 'Unknown', menu = '', word = 'foodar()', user_data = { nvim = { lsp = { completion_item = { label='foocar', sortText="j", insertText='foodar()${0}', insertTextFormat=2, textEdit={} } } } } },
-        { abbr = 'foocar', dup = 1, empty = 1, icase = 1, info = ' ', kind = 'Unknown', menu = '', word = 'foodar(${1:var1})', user_data = { nvim = { lsp = { completion_item = { label='foocar', sortText="k", insertText='foodar(${1:var1})', insertTextFormat=1, textEdit={} } } } } },
+        { abbr = 'foobar', dup = 1, empty = 1, icase = 1, info = 'documentation', kind = 'Unknown', menu = '', word = 'foobar', user_data = { nvim = { lsp = { completion_item = { label = 'foobar', sortText="a",  documentation = 'documentation' } } } } },
+        { abbr = 'foobar', dup = 1, empty = 1, icase = 1, info = 'documentation', kind = 'Unknown', menu = '', word = 'foobar', user_data = { nvim = { lsp = { completion_item = { label='foobar', sortText="b", textEdit={},documentation = { value = 'documentation' } } } }  } },
+        { abbr = 'foocar', dup = 1, empty = 1, icase = 1, kind = 'Unknown', menu = '', word = 'foobar', user_data = { nvim = { lsp = { completion_item = { label='foocar', sortText="c", insertText='foobar' } } } } },
+        { abbr = 'foocar', dup = 1, empty = 1, icase = 1, kind = 'Unknown', menu = '', word = 'foobar', user_data = { nvim = { lsp = { completion_item = { label='foocar', sortText="d", insertText='foobar', textEdit={} } } } } },
+        { abbr = 'foocar', dup = 1, empty = 1, icase = 1, kind = 'Unknown', menu = '', word = 'foobar', user_data = { nvim = { lsp = { completion_item = { label='foocar', sortText="e", insertText='foodar', textEdit={newText='foobar'} } } } } },
+        { abbr = 'foocar', dup = 1, empty = 1, icase = 1, kind = 'Unknown', menu = '', word = 'foobar', user_data = { nvim = { lsp = { completion_item = { label='foocar', sortText="f", textEdit={newText='foobar'} } } } } },
+        { abbr = 'foocar', dup = 1, empty = 1, icase = 1, kind = 'Unknown', menu = '', word = 'foobar(place holder, more ...holder{})', user_data = { nvim = { lsp = { completion_item = { label='foocar', sortText="g", insertText='foodar', insertTextFormat=2, textEdit={newText='foobar(${1:place holder}, ${2:more ...holder{\\}})'} } } } } },
+        { abbr = 'foocar', dup = 1, empty = 1, icase = 1, kind = 'Unknown', menu = '', word = 'foodar(var1 typ1, var2 *typ2) {}', user_data = { nvim = { lsp = { completion_item = { label='foocar', sortText="h", insertText='foodar(${1:var1} typ1, ${2:var2} *typ2) {$0\\}', insertTextFormat=2, textEdit={} } } } } },
+        { abbr = 'foocar', dup = 1, empty = 1, icase = 1, kind = 'Unknown', menu = '', word = 'foodar(var1 typ2 tail) {}', user_data = { nvim = { lsp = { completion_item = { label='foocar', sortText="i", insertText='foodar(${1:var1 ${2|typ2,typ3|} ${3:tail}}) {$0\\}', insertTextFormat=2, textEdit={} } } } } },
+        { abbr = 'foocar', dup = 1, empty = 1, icase = 1, kind = 'Unknown', menu = '', word = 'foodar()', user_data = { nvim = { lsp = { completion_item = { label='foocar', sortText="j", insertText='foodar()${0}', insertTextFormat=2, textEdit={} } } } } },
+        { abbr = 'foocar', dup = 1, empty = 1, icase = 1, kind = 'Unknown', menu = '', word = 'foodar(${1:var1})', user_data = { nvim = { lsp = { completion_item = { label='foocar', sortText="k", insertText='foodar(${1:var1})', insertTextFormat=1, textEdit={} } } } } },
       }
 
       eq(expected, exec_lua([[return vim.lsp.util.text_document_completion_list_to_complete_items(...)]], completion_list, prefix))
@@ -4440,3 +4440,4 @@ describe('LSP', function()
     end)
   end)
 end)
+