diff --git a/docker/build b/docker/build
index 658901717..c84371092 100755
--- a/docker/build
+++ b/docker/build
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ DESCRIPTION
 
 OPTIONS
 EOF
-    sed -n -E "s|(^\s+-[A-Za-z])\).*#(.*)|\1 \2|p" "$0"
+    grep -E '^\s+-[a-zA-Z])' "$0" | sed -E -e 's/\)[^#]+#/ /'
     cat <<EOF
 
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diff --git a/docker/copydb b/docker/copydb
index da7d03955..748189bd6 100755
--- a/docker/copydb
+++ b/docker/copydb
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ DESCRIPTION
 
 OPTIONS
 EOF
-    sed -n -E "s|(^\s+-[A-Za-z])\).*#(.*)|\1 \2|p" "$0"
+    grep -E '^\s+-[a-zA-Z])' "$0" | sed -E -e 's/\)[^#]+#/ /'
     cat <<EOF
 
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diff --git a/docker/rsync-extras b/docker/rsync-extras
index 5a00d2be7..e81cf7928 100755
--- a/docker/rsync-extras
+++ b/docker/rsync-extras
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ DESCRIPTION
 
 OPTIONS
 EOF
-    sed -n -E "s|(^\s+-[A-Za-z])\).*#(.*)|\1 \2|p" "$0"
+    grep -E '^\s+-[a-zA-Z])' "$0" | sed -E -e 's/\)[^#]+#/ /'
     cat <<EOF
 
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diff --git a/docker/run b/docker/run
index c0b4d2d3b..cc0719952 100755
--- a/docker/run
+++ b/docker/run
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ DESCRIPTION
 
 OPTIONS
 EOF
-    sed -n -E "s|(^\s+-[A-Za-z])\).*#(.*)|\1 \2|p" "$0"
+    grep -E '^\s+-[a-zA-Z])' "$0" | sed -E -e 's/\)[^#]+#/ /'
     cat <<EOF
 
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diff --git a/docker/updatedb b/docker/updatedb
index 339c2911d..d6d548453 100755
--- a/docker/updatedb
+++ b/docker/updatedb
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ DESCRIPTION
 
 OPTIONS
 EOF
-    sed -n -E "s|(^\s+-[A-Za-z])\).*#(.*)|\1 \2|p" "$0"
+    grep -E '^\s+-[a-zA-Z])' "$0" | sed -E -e 's/\)[^#]+#/ /'
     cat <<EOF
 
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