diff --git a/doc/manpage/blender.1.py b/doc/manpage/blender.1.py
index e29afd2c58c..dae0cfe502a 100755
--- a/doc/manpage/blender.1.py
+++ b/doc/manpage/blender.1.py
@@ -27,6 +27,8 @@ from typing import (
 def man_format(data: str) -> str:
     data = data.replace("-", "\\-")
     data = data.replace("\t", "  ")
+    # Single quotes prevent text rendering when found at the beginning of lines.
+    data = data.replace("'", "\\(aq")
     return data