diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index c65499425b..f32bab92a4 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ members = [".", "crates/*"]
 blake3 = { version = "1.5.0", features = ["mmap", "rayon", "serde"] }
 camino = "1.0.4"
 chrono = "0.4.38"
-clap = { version = "4.0.0", features = ["derive", "env", "wrap_help"] }
+clap = { version = "4.0.0", features = ["derive", "env", "string", "wrap_help"] }
 clap_complete = { version = "=4.6.8", features = ["unstable-dynamic"] }
 clap_mangen = "0.3.0"
 digest-io = "0.1.0"
diff --git a/src/subcommand.rs b/src/subcommand.rs
index 2678e8f5e0..b4615a87d2 100644
--- a/src/subcommand.rs
+++ b/src/subcommand.rs
@@ -573,9 +573,15 @@ impl Subcommand {
   fn man() -> RunResult<'static> {
     let mut buffer = Vec::<u8>::new();
 
-    Man::new(Arguments::command())
-      .render(&mut buffer)
-      .expect("writing to buffer cannot fail");
+    Man::new(Arguments::command().mut_arg("list_heading", |arg| {
+      let default = arg.get_default_values()[0]
+        .to_str()
+        .unwrap()
+        .replace('\n', "\\n");
+      arg.default_value(default)
+    }))
+    .render(&mut buffer)
+    .expect("writing to buffer cannot fail");
 
     let mut stdout = io::stdout().lock();