diff --git a/command_attr/src/lib.rs b/command_attr/src/lib.rs
index 2c8bca01480..66cb1cbc1b7 100644
--- a/command_attr/src/lib.rs
+++ b/command_attr/src/lib.rs
@@ -126,18 +126,8 @@ pub fn command(attr: TokenStream, input: TokenStream) -> TokenStream {
                 options.examples.push(propagate_err!(attributes::parse(values)));
             },
             "description" => {
-                let mut arg: String = propagate_err!(attributes::parse(values));
-                if arg.starts_with(' ') {
-                    arg.remove(0);
-                }
-
-                if let Some(desc) = &mut options.description.0 {
-                    use std::fmt::Write;
-
-                    let _ = write!(desc, "\n{}", arg);
-                } else {
-                    options.description = AsOption(Some(arg));
-                }
+                let line: String = propagate_err!(attributes::parse(values));
+                util::append_line(&mut options.description, line);
             },
             _ => {
                 match_options!(name, values, options, span => [
@@ -628,18 +618,8 @@ pub fn group(attr: TokenStream, input: TokenStream) -> TokenStream {
                 options.prefixes = vec![propagate_err!(attributes::parse(values))];
             },
             "description" => {
-                let mut arg: String = propagate_err!(attributes::parse(values));
-                if arg.starts_with(' ') {
-                    arg.remove(0);
-                }
-
-                if let Some(desc) = &mut options.description.0 {
-                    use std::fmt::Write;
-
-                    let _ = write!(desc, "\n{}", arg.trim_matches(' '));
-                } else {
-                    options.description = AsOption(Some(arg));
-                }
+                let line: String = propagate_err!(attributes::parse(values));
+                util::append_line(&mut options.description, line);
             },
             "summary" => {
                 let arg: String = propagate_err!(attributes::parse(values));
diff --git a/command_attr/src/util.rs b/command_attr/src/util.rs
index 99e1770aadd..6372e8590b7 100644
--- a/command_attr/src/util.rs
+++ b/command_attr/src/util.rs
@@ -263,3 +263,21 @@ pub fn rename_attributes(attributes: &mut Vec<Attribute>, name: &str, target: &s
         }
     }
 }
+
+pub fn append_line(desc: &mut AsOption<String>, mut line: String) {
+    if line.starts_with(' ') {
+        line.remove(0);
+    }
+
+    match &mut desc.0 {
+        Some(desc) => {
+            if line.trim().is_empty() {
+                desc.push('\n');
+            } else {
+                desc.push(' ');
+                desc.push_str(&line);
+            }
+        },
+        None => *desc = AsOption(Some(line)),
+    }
+}