diff --git a/util/pod2man.pl b/util/pod2man.pl
index f5ec0767ed4b070c9233acf57c7269c49a8adbe2..c6b64add602d7977c13b0675edc7b3f6664425c1 100755
--- a/util/pod2man.pl
+++ b/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;
 		    }
 		}