--- m4sh.m4.orig	2004-06-21 01:43:54.000000000 +0200
+++ m4sh.m4	2004-07-03 20:36:46.000000000 +0200
@@ -916,8 +916,8 @@
 m4_define([AS_HELP_STRING],
 [m4_pushdef([AS_Prefix], m4_default([$3], [                          ]))dnl
 m4_pushdef([AS_Prefix_Format],
-	   [  %-]m4_eval(m4_len(AS_Prefix) - 3)[s ])dnl [  %-23s ]
-m4_text_wrap([$2], AS_Prefix, m4_format(AS_Prefix_Format, [$1]))dnl
+	   [  %-]m4_eval(m4_len(AS_Prefix) + 1)[s ])dnl [  %-23s ]
+m4_text_wrap([$2], AS_Prefix, [m4_format(AS_Prefix_Format, [[[$1]]])])dnl
 m4_popdef([AS_Prefix_Format])dnl
 m4_popdef([AS_Prefix])dnl
 ])