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diff --git a/lisp/help.el b/lisp/help.el
index 897cab5e371..b8485667ae0 100644
--- a/lisp/help.el
+++ b/lisp/help.el
@@ -1412,7 +1412,7 @@ ARGLIST can also be t or a string of the form \"(FUN ARG1 ARG2 ...)\"."
(if (< (- (match-end 0) (match-beginning 0)) 2) "\n" "")
"\n\n")
(if (stringp arglist)
- (if (string-match "\\`[^ ]+\\(\\(?:.\\|\n\\)*\\))\\'" arglist)
+ (if (string-match "\\`[^ ]+\\(.*\\))\\'" arglist)
(concat "(fn" (match-string 1 arglist) ")")
(error "Unrecognized usage format"))
(help--make-usage-docstring 'fn arglist)))))
@@ -1485,7 +1485,8 @@ the same names as used in the original source code, when possible."
(define-obsolete-function-alias 'help-make-usage 'help--make-usage "25.1")
(defun help--make-usage-docstring (fn arglist)
- (help--docstring-quote (format "%S" (help--make-usage fn arglist))))
+ (let ((print-escape-newlines t))
+ (help--docstring-quote (format "%S" (help--make-usage fn arglist)))))
(provide 'help)