diff --git a/spacy/spans.pyx b/spacy/spans.pyx
index a5d505b2a..94cec40fe 100644
--- a/spacy/spans.pyx
+++ b/spacy/spans.pyx
@@ -132,7 +132,7 @@ cdef class Span:
 
     property lemma_:
         def __get__(self):
-            return self.orth_
+            return ' '.join([t.lemma_ for t in self]).strip()
 
     property label_:
         def __get__(self):