diff --git a/cmd/meroxa/root/apps/deploy.go b/cmd/meroxa/root/apps/deploy.go
index a16eba1f1..dd4ad161d 100644
--- a/cmd/meroxa/root/apps/deploy.go
+++ b/cmd/meroxa/root/apps/deploy.go
@@ -89,11 +89,13 @@ func (*Deploy) Usage() string {
 func (*Deploy) Docs() builder.Docs {
 	return builder.Docs{
 		Short: "Deploy a Meroxa Data Application",
-		Long: "This command will deploy the application specified in `--path`" +
-			"(or current working directory if not specified) to our Meroxa Platform." +
-			"If deployment was successful, you should expect an application you'll be able to fully manage",
-		Example: "meroxa apps deploy # assumes you run it from the app directory\n" +
-			"meroxa apps deploy --path ./my-app",
+		Long: `This command will deploy the application specified in '--path'
+(or current working directory if not specified) to our Meroxa Platform.
+If deployment was successful, you should expect an application you'll be able to fully manage
+`,
+		Example: `meroxa apps deploy # assumes you run it from the app directory
+meroxa apps deploy --path ./my-app
+`,
 	}
 }
 
diff --git a/cmd/meroxa/root/apps/init.go b/cmd/meroxa/root/apps/init.go
index 5b20d41ff..b2bdaf906 100644
--- a/cmd/meroxa/root/apps/init.go
+++ b/cmd/meroxa/root/apps/init.go
@@ -47,11 +47,12 @@ func (*Init) Usage() string {
 func (*Init) Docs() builder.Docs {
 	return builder.Docs{
 		Short: "Initialize a Meroxa Data Application",
-		Example: "meroxa apps init my-app --path ~/code --lang js" +
-			"meroxa apps init my-app --lang go # will be initialized in a dir called my-app in the current directory" +
-			"meroxa apps init my-app --lang go --path $GOPATH/src/github.com/my.org" +
-			"meroxa apps init my-app --lang go --skip-mod-init # will not initialize the new go module" +
-			"meroxa apps init my-app --lang go --mod-vendor # will initialize the new go module and download dependencies to the vendor directory",
+		Example: `meroxa apps init my-app --path ~/code --lang js
+meroxa apps init my-app --lang go 			# will be initialized in a dir called my-app in the current directory
+meroxa apps init my-app --lang go --skip-mod-init 	# will not initialize the new go module
+meroxa apps init my-app --lang go --mod-vendor 		# will initialize the new go module and download dependencies to the vendor directory
+meroxa apps init my-app --lang go --path $GOPATH/src/github.com/my.org
+`,
 	}
 }
 
diff --git a/cmd/meroxa/root/apps/run.go b/cmd/meroxa/root/apps/run.go
index 5bc1ad02c..b4adf73c3 100644
--- a/cmd/meroxa/root/apps/run.go
+++ b/cmd/meroxa/root/apps/run.go
@@ -53,11 +53,10 @@ func (*Run) Usage() string {
 func (*Run) Docs() builder.Docs {
 	return builder.Docs{
 		Short: "Execute a Meroxa Data Application locally",
-		Long: "meroxa apps run will build your app locally to then run it\n" +
-			"locally on --path.",
-		Example: "meroxa apps run # assumes you run it from the app directory\n" +
-			"meroxa apps run --path ../js-demo --lang js # in case you didn't specify lang on your app.json" +
-			"meroxa apps run --path ../go-demo # it'll use lang defined in your app.json",
+		Long:  "meroxa apps run will build your app locally to then run it locally in --path.",
+		Example: `meroxa apps run 			# assumes you run it from the app directory
+meroxa apps run --path ../go-demo 	# it'll use lang defined in your app.json
+`,
 	}
 }