diff --git a/src/resolve/resolvconf-compat.c b/src/resolve/resolvconf-compat.c
index 51e226da84..8e4835b4f8 100644
--- a/src/resolve/resolvconf-compat.c
+++ b/src/resolve/resolvconf-compat.c
@@ -28,12 +28,12 @@ COMMAND(
         .argspec = "-a INTERFACE <FILE\0"
                    "-d INTERFACE\0",
         .footer =
-               "This is a compatibility alias for the resolvectl(1) tool, providing native\n"
-               "command line compatibility with the resolvconf(8) tool of various Linux\n"
-               "distributions and BSD systems. Some options supported by other implementations\n"
-               "are not supported and are ignored: -m, -u. Various options supported by other\n"
-               "implementations are not supported and will cause the invocation to fail:\n"
-               "-I, -i, -l, -R, -r, -v, -V, --enable-updates, --disable-updates,\n"
+               "This is a compatibility alias for the resolvectl(1) tool, providing native "
+               "command line compatibility with the resolvconf(8) tool of various Linux "
+               "distributions and BSD systems. Some options supported by other implementations "
+               "are not supported and are ignored: -m, -u. Various options supported by other "
+               "implementations are not supported and will cause the invocation to fail: "
+               "-I, -i, -l, -R, -r, -v, -V, --enable-updates, --disable-updates, "
                "--updates-are-enabled.",
         .option_namespace = "resolvconf",
 );
diff --git a/src/shared/verbs.c b/src/shared/verbs.c
index ec8bfaf518..66dc3e4994 100644
--- a/src/shared/verbs.c
+++ b/src/shared/verbs.c
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
 
 #include "build.h"
 #include "env-util.h"
+#include "extract-word.h"
 #include "format-table.h"
 #include "help-util.h"
 #include "log.h"
@@ -430,6 +431,37 @@ static bool verbs_array_has_verbs(const Verb verbs[], const Verb verbs_end[]) {
         return false;
 }
 
+static int print_wrapped(const char *text) {
+
+        /* Print the text wrapped at spaces to the specified width. Newlines embedded in the text
+         * are preserved and each line is wrapped independently, so explicit line breaks (e.g.
+         * before an example command line) can be used where needed. */
+
+        if (!text)
+                return 0;
+
+        _cleanup_strv_free_ char **lines = NULL, **lines2 = NULL;
+        int r;
+
+        size_t width = MIN(columns(), 80U);  /* This is a reasonable default. */
+
+        r = strv_split_full(&lines, text, "\n", EXTRACT_DONT_COALESCE_SEPARATORS);
+        if (r < 0)
+                return r;
+
+        r = strv_rebreak_lines(lines, width, &lines2);
+        if (r < 0)
+                return r;
+
+        /* Seperate this block from the previous input. */
+        putchar('\n');
+
+        STRV_FOREACH(line, lines2)
+                puts(*line);
+
+        return 0;
+}
+
 int _command_print_help(
                 const Verb verbs[],
                 const Verb verbs_end[],
@@ -467,8 +499,9 @@ int _command_print_help(
         if (r < 0)
                 return log_error_errno(r, "Failed to print verb&option help: %m");
 
-        if (cmd->footer)
-                printf("\n%s\n", cmd->footer);
+        r = print_wrapped(cmd->footer);
+        if (r < 0)
+                return r;
 
         r = print_man_links(cmd->man_pages);
         if (r < 0)