1 files changed, 6 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/docs/cmdline-opts/gen.pl b/docs/cmdline-opts/gen.pl
index 1fe4a92c9..e651f029a 100755
--- a/docs/cmdline-opts/gen.pl
+++ b/docs/cmdline-opts/gen.pl
@@ -63,6 +63,12 @@ sub manpageify {
 sub printdesc {
     my @desc = @_;
     for my $d (@desc) {
+        if($d !~ /^.\\"/) {
+            # **bold**
+            $d =~ s/\*\*([^ ]*)\*\*/\\fB$1\\fP/g;
+            # *italics*
+            $d =~ s/\*([^ ]*)\*/\\fI$1\\fP/g;
+        }
         # skip lines starting with space (examples)
         if($d =~ /^[^ ]/) {
             for my $k (keys %optlong) {