diff --git a/CmdLine.hs b/CmdLine.hs
index a170434107..004198c40a 100644
--- a/CmdLine.hs
+++ b/CmdLine.hs
@@ -116,7 +116,7 @@ parseCmd progname progdesc allargs allcmds getparser =
 		<*> getparser c
 		<*> parserAnnexOptions (cmdannexoptions c)
 	synopsis n d = n ++ " - " ++ d
-	intro = mconcat $ concatMap (\l -> [H.text l, H.line])
+	intro = mconcat $ concatMap (\l -> [H.pretty l, H.line])
 		(synopsis progname progdesc : commandList allcmds)
 
 {- Selects the Command that matches the subcommand name.
diff --git a/git-annex.cabal b/git-annex.cabal
index 53270e572a..4abbc7b686 100644
--- a/git-annex.cabal
+++ b/git-annex.cabal
@@ -311,7 +311,7 @@ Executable git-annex
   Build-Depends:
    base (>= 4.11.1.0 && < 5.0),
    network-uri (>= 2.6),
-   optparse-applicative (>= 0.14.1),
+   optparse-applicative (>= 0.18.1),
    containers (>= 0.5.8),
    exceptions (>= 0.6),
    stm (>= 2.3),