diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 09fbfb202c..6f0ff4b008 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@ shellcheck: ## run shellcheck validation
 
 .PHONY: help
 help: ## print this help
-	@awk 'BEGIN {FS = ":.*?## "} /^[a-zA-Z0-9_-]+:.*?## / {sub("\\\\n",sprintf("\n%22c"," "), $$2);printf "\033[36m%-20s\033[0m %s\n", $$1, $$2}' $(MAKEFILE_LIST)
+	@awk 'BEGIN {FS = ":.*?## "} /^[a-zA-Z0-9_-]+:.*?## / {gsub("\\\\n",sprintf("\n%22c",""), $$2);printf "\033[36m%-20s\033[0m %s\n", $$1, $$2}' $(MAKEFILE_LIST)
 
 
 cli/compose/schema/bindata.go: cli/compose/schema/data/*.json
diff --git a/docker.Makefile b/docker.Makefile
index c8f6de2172..19bbe02b6b 100644
--- a/docker.Makefile
+++ b/docker.Makefile
@@ -136,4 +136,4 @@ test-e2e-connhelper-ssh: build_e2e_image # run experimental SSH-connection helpe
 
 .PHONY: help
 help: ## print this help
-	@awk 'BEGIN {FS = ":.*?## "} /^[a-zA-Z0-9_-]+:.*?## / {sub("\\\\n",sprintf("\n%22c"," "), $$2);printf "\033[36m%-20s\033[0m %s\n", $$1, $$2}' $(MAKEFILE_LIST)
+	@awk 'BEGIN {FS = ":.*?## "} /^[a-zA-Z0-9_-]+:.*?## / {gsub("\\\\n",sprintf("\n%22c",""), $$2);printf "\033[36m%-20s\033[0m %s\n", $$1, $$2}' $(MAKEFILE_LIST)