1 files changed, 2 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/src/lib/libcrypto/util/pod2man.pl b/src/lib/libcrypto/util/pod2man.pl
index f5ec0767ed..c6b64add60 100644
--- a/src/lib/libcrypto/util/pod2man.pl
+++ b/src/lib/libcrypto/util/pod2man.pl
@@ -416,6 +416,8 @@ if ($name ne 'something') {
                         warn "$0: Improper man page - malformed NAME header in paragraph $. of $ARGV[0]\n"
                     }
                     else {
+                        $n[0] =~ s/\n/ /;
+                        $n[1] =~ s/\n/ /;
                         %namedesc = @n;
                     }
                 }