diff --git a/qemu-options.hx b/qemu-options.hx
index d5b0c26e8e..270772817a 100644
--- a/qemu-options.hx
+++ b/qemu-options.hx
@@ -130,7 +130,7 @@ ETEXI
 DEF("accel", HAS_ARG, QEMU_OPTION_accel,
     "-accel [accel=]accelerator[,thread=single|multi]\n"
     "                select accelerator (kvm, xen, hax, hvf, whpx or tcg; use 'help' for a list)\n"
-    "                thread=single|multi (enable multi-threaded TCG)", QEMU_ARCH_ALL)
+    "                thread=single|multi (enable multi-threaded TCG)\n", QEMU_ARCH_ALL)
 STEXI
 @item -accel @var{name}[,prop=@var{value}[,...]]
 @findex -accel