diff --git a/modules/documents/app/models/document_type.rb b/modules/documents/app/models/document_type.rb
index 91ab012c54e..ac485921037 100644
--- a/modules/documents/app/models/document_type.rb
+++ b/modules/documents/app/models/document_type.rb
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ class DocumentType < ApplicationRecord
                        dependent: :nullify,
                        inverse_of: :type
 
-  normalizes :name, with: ->(name) { name.strip.capitalize }
+  normalizes :name, with: ->(name) { name.strip }
 
   validates :name, presence: true, uniqueness: { case_sensitive: false }
 
diff --git a/modules/documents/spec/models/document_type_spec.rb b/modules/documents/spec/models/document_type_spec.rb
index 2f101b1ce5a..177ab32fbf7 100644
--- a/modules/documents/spec/models/document_type_spec.rb
+++ b/modules/documents/spec/models/document_type_spec.rb
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ RSpec.describe DocumentType do
   end
 
   describe "Normalizations" do
-    it { is_expected.to normalize(:name).from("  reImburseMEnt RequeSt  ").to("Reimbursement request") }
+    it { is_expected.to normalize(:name).from("  reImburseMEnt RequeSt  ").to("reImburseMEnt RequeSt") }
   end
 
   describe "Validations" do