diff --git a/Library/Homebrew/utils/formatter.rb b/Library/Homebrew/utils/formatter.rb
index 9cfb74c8d3..dcebbde184 100644
--- a/Library/Homebrew/utils/formatter.rb
+++ b/Library/Homebrew/utils/formatter.rb
@@ -36,15 +36,17 @@ module Formatter
   # Wraps text to fit within a given number of columns using regular expressions that:
   #
   # 1. convert hard-wrapped paragraphs to a single line
-  # 2. find any option descriptions longer than a pre-set length and wrap between words
+  # 2. add line break and indent to subcommand descriptions
+  # 3. find any option descriptions longer than a pre-set length and wrap between words
   #    with a hanging indent, without breaking any words that overflow
-  # 3. wrap any remaining description lines that need wrapping with the same indent
-  # 4. wrap all lines to the given width.
+  # 4. wrap any remaining description lines that need wrapping with the same indent
+  # 5. wrap all lines to the given width.
   # @see https://macromates.com/blog/2006/wrapping-text-with-regular-expressions/
   def wrap(s, width = 172)
     desc = OPTION_DESC_WIDTH
     indent = width - desc
     s.gsub(/(?<=\S) *\n(?=\S)/, " ")
+     .gsub(/([`>)\]]:) /, "\\1\n    ")
      .gsub(/^( +-.+  +(?=\S.{#{desc}}))(.{1,#{desc}})( +|$)\n?/, "\\1\\2\n" + " " * indent)
      .gsub(/^( {#{indent}}(?=\S.{#{desc}}))(.{1,#{desc}})( +|$)\n?/, "\\1\\2\n" + " " * indent)
      .gsub(/(.{1,#{width}})( +|$)\n?/, "\\1\n")