diff --git a/R/build-manual.R b/R/build-manual.R
index 0c9112db2..923a703b1 100644
--- a/R/build-manual.R
+++ b/R/build-manual.R
@@ -14,10 +14,11 @@ build_manual <- function(pkg = ".", path = NULL) {
     "--force",
     paste0("--output=", path, "/", name),
     pkg$path
-  ), fail_on_status = TRUE, stderr = "2>&1", spinner = FALSE),
+  ), fail_on_status = TRUE, spinner = FALSE),
   error = function(e) {
     cat(e$stdout)
-    cli::cli_abort("Failed to build manual")
+    cli::cli_abort(c("x" = no_wrap(e$stderr),
+                     "!" = "Failed to build manual"))
   })
 
   cat(msg$stdout)
diff --git a/R/utils.R b/R/utils.R
index 3ea06488a..105a2c7d1 100644
--- a/R/utils.R
+++ b/R/utils.R
@@ -44,3 +44,10 @@ is_testing <- function() {
 is_rstudio_running <- function() {
   !is_testing() && rstudioapi::isAvailable()
 }
+
+# Suppress cli wrapping
+no_wrap <- function(x) {
+  x <- gsub(" ", "\u00a0", x, fixed = TRUE)
+  x <- gsub("\n", "\f", x, fixed = TRUE)
+  x
+}