diff --git a/command/help.go b/command/help.go
index 04121785f..78bb16f7c 100644
--- a/command/help.go
+++ b/command/help.go
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ package command
 import (
 	"bytes"
 	"fmt"
+	"regexp"
 	"strings"
 
 	"github.com/cli/cli/utils"
@@ -27,9 +28,7 @@ func rootUsageFunc(command *cobra.Command) error {
 	flagUsages := command.LocalFlags().FlagUsages()
 	if flagUsages != "" {
 		command.Println("\n\nFlags:")
-		for _, l := range strings.Split(strings.Trim(dedent(flagUsages), "\n\r"), "\n") {
-			command.Println("  " + l)
-		}
+		command.Print(indent(dedent(flagUsages), "  "))
 	}
 	return nil
 }
@@ -144,10 +143,7 @@ Read the manual at https://cli.github.com/manual`})
 		if e.Title != "" {
 			// If there is a title, add indentation to each line in the body
 			fmt.Fprintln(out, utils.Bold(e.Title))
-
-			for _, l := range strings.Split(strings.Trim(e.Body, "\n\r"), "\n") {
-				fmt.Fprintln(out, "  "+l)
-			}
+			fmt.Fprint(out, indent(e.Body, "  "))
 		} else {
 			// If there is no title print the body as is
 			fmt.Fprintln(out, e.Body)
@@ -162,6 +158,15 @@ func rpad(s string, padding int) string {
 	return fmt.Sprintf(template, s)
 }
 
+var lineRE = regexp.MustCompile(`(?m)^`)
+
+func indent(s, indent string) string {
+	if len(strings.TrimSpace(s)) == 0 {
+		return s
+	}
+	return lineRE.ReplaceAllLiteralString(s, indent)
+}
+
 func dedent(s string) string {
 	lines := strings.Split(s, "\n")
 	minIndent := -1
diff --git a/command/help_test.go b/command/help_test.go
index 64c412ab2..e07542928 100644
--- a/command/help_test.go
+++ b/command/help_test.go
@@ -44,3 +44,47 @@ func TestDedent(t *testing.T) {
 		}
 	}
 }
+
+func Test_indent(t *testing.T) {
+	type args struct {
+		s      string
+		indent string
+	}
+	tests := []struct {
+		name string
+		args args
+		want string
+	}{
+		{
+			name: "empty",
+			args: args{
+				s:      "",
+				indent: "--",
+			},
+			want: "",
+		},
+		{
+			name: "blank",
+			args: args{
+				s:      "\n",
+				indent: "--",
+			},
+			want: "\n",
+		},
+		{
+			name: "indent",
+			args: args{
+				s:      "one\ntwo\nthree",
+				indent: "--",
+			},
+			want: "--one\n--two\n--three",
+		},
+	}
+	for _, tt := range tests {
+		t.Run(tt.name, func(t *testing.T) {
+			if got := indent(tt.args.s, tt.args.indent); got != tt.want {
+				t.Errorf("indent() = %q, want %q", got, tt.want)
+			}
+		})
+	}
+}