1 files changed, 2 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/docs/cmdline-opts/gen.pl b/docs/cmdline-opts/gen.pl
index 2a89d5e76..e891f6709 100755
--- a/docs/cmdline-opts/gen.pl
+++ b/docs/cmdline-opts/gen.pl
@@ -99,6 +99,8 @@ sub printdesc {
         # quote "bare" minuses in the output
         $d =~ s/( |\\fI|^)--/$1\\-\\-/g;
         $d =~ s/([ -]|\\fI|^)-/$1\\-/g;
+        # handle single quotes first on the line
+        $d =~ s/(\s*)\'/$1\\(aq/;
         print $d;
     }
 }