1 files changed, 17 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/src/libstd/getopts.rs b/src/libstd/getopts.rs
index de8a8f34381..f837f776b96 100644
--- a/src/libstd/getopts.rs
+++ b/src/libstd/getopts.rs
@@ -601,7 +601,7 @@ pub mod groups {
             row += match short_name.len() {
                 0 => ~"",
                 1 => ~"-" + short_name + " ",
-                _ => fail!(~"the short name should only be 1 char long"),
+                _ => fail!(~"the short name should only be 1 ascii char long"),
             };
 
             // long option
@@ -617,6 +617,7 @@ pub mod groups {
                 Maybe => ~"[" + hint + ~"]",
             };
 
+            // FIXME: #5516
             // here we just need to indent the start of the description
             let rowlen = row.len();
             row += if rowlen < 24 {
@@ -625,8 +626,22 @@ pub mod groups {
                 desc_sep
             };
 
+            // Normalize desc to contain words seperated by one space character
+            let mut desc_normalized_whitespace = ~str
+            for desc.each_word |word| {
+                desc_normalized_whitespace.push_str(word);
+                desc_normalized_whitespace.push_char(' ');
+            }
+
+            // FIXME: #5516
+            let mut desc_rows: ~[~str] = ~[];
+            for desc_normalized_whitespace.each_split_within(54) |substr| {
+                desc_rows.push(~substr);
+            }
+
+            // FIXME: #5516
             // wrapped description
-            row += str::connect(str::split_within(desc, 54), desc_sep);
+            row += str::connect(desc_rows, desc_sep);
 
             row
         });