diff --git a/src/fe-common/core/fe-core-commands.c b/src/fe-common/core/fe-core-commands.c
index 53a9c48a..6d5af624 100644
--- a/src/fe-common/core/fe-core-commands.c
+++ b/src/fe-common/core/fe-core-commands.c
@@ -131,7 +131,11 @@ static int show_help_rec(COMMAND_REC *cmd)
 	recvlen = read(f, tmpbuf, sizeof(tmpbuf));
 
 	ret = line_split(tmpbuf, recvlen, &str, &buffer);
-        if (ret > 0) printtext_string(NULL, NULL, MSGLEVEL_CLIENTCRAP, str);
+	if (ret > 0) {
+            str = g_strconcat("%|", str, NULL);
+	    printtext_string(NULL, NULL, MSGLEVEL_CLIENTCRAP, str);
+            g_free(str);
+	}
     }
     while (ret > 0);
     line_split_free(buffer);
diff --git a/syntax.pl b/syntax.pl
index 0694ea22..39a600eb 100755
--- a/syntax.pl
+++ b/syntax.pl
@@ -34,6 +34,8 @@ while (<docs/help/in/*.in>) {
           $DATARIVI = $SYNTAX;
       } elsif ($DATARIVI =~ /^\S+/) {
           chomp $DATARIVI if ($data[$count+1] =~ /^\S+/);
+      } else {
+	  $DATARIVI =~ s/^\t/         / while ($DATARIVI =~ /^\t/);
       }
       $count++;
    }