--- /home/pacho/gentoo-x86/eclass/readme.gentoo.eclass	2013-01-24 22:38:41.000000000 +0100
+++ /usr/portage/eclass/./readme.gentoo.eclass	2013-01-27 18:41:40.000000000 +0100
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@
 	if [[ -n "${DOC_CONTENTS}" ]]; then
 		eshopts_push
 		set -f
-		echo ${DOC_CONTENTS} | fmt > "${T}"/README.gentoo
+		echo -e ${DOC_CONTENTS} | fmt > "${T}"/README.gentoo
 		eshopts_pop
 		dodoc "${T}"/README.gentoo
 	else