diff --git a/src/bitcoind.cpp b/src/bitcoind.cpp
index 243513b7f..47e19a1fb 100644
--- a/src/bitcoind.cpp
+++ b/src/bitcoind.cpp
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
 #include "util.h"
 #include "httpserver.h"
 #include "httprpc.h"
+#include "utilstrencodings.h"
 
 #include <boost/algorithm/string/predicate.hpp>
 #include <boost/filesystem.hpp>
@@ -84,7 +85,7 @@ bool AppInit(int argc, char* argv[])
 
         if (mapArgs.count("-version"))
         {
-            strUsage += LicenseInfo();
+            strUsage += FormatParagraph(LicenseInfo());
         }
         else
         {
diff --git a/src/qt/utilitydialog.cpp b/src/qt/utilitydialog.cpp
index d14ee34a7..758e2a185 100644
--- a/src/qt/utilitydialog.cpp
+++ b/src/qt/utilitydialog.cpp
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ HelpMessageDialog::HelpMessageDialog(QWidget *parent, bool about) :
         uri.setMinimal(true); // use non-greedy matching
         licenseInfoHTML.replace(uri, "<a href=\"\\1\">\\1</a>");
         // Replace newlines with HTML breaks
-        licenseInfoHTML.replace("\n\n", "<br><br>");
+        licenseInfoHTML.replace("\n", "<br>");
 
         ui->aboutMessage->setTextFormat(Qt::RichText);
         ui->scrollArea->setVerticalScrollBarPolicy(Qt::ScrollBarAsNeeded);