diff --git a/pd/src/pd.tk b/pd/src/pd.tk
index b9004c7ea152b5fc65592a8de3ac280ae8704e5a..2394c1ebe10fe0fa9fca9532a3c6470eaa0c262f 100644
--- a/pd/src/pd.tk
+++ b/pd/src/pd.tk
@@ -8392,7 +8392,8 @@ proc pdtk_gettip { w item xletno name helpname dir } {
     }
     # make Pd's comma atoms look pretty
     regsub -all { \\,} $msg {,} msg
-    regsub -all {\n\\,} $msg ",\n" msg
+    regsub -all {\n} $msg " " msg
+    #regsub -all {\n\\,} $msg ",\n" msg
     pdtk_tip $w 0 1 $msg
 }