diff --git a/packages/core/lib/utils.js b/packages/core/lib/utils.js
index 06099525d..dfff2de7f 100644
--- a/packages/core/lib/utils.js
+++ b/packages/core/lib/utils.js
@@ -10,5 +10,5 @@ const wrapAnsi = require('wrap-ansi');
 exports.breakLines = (content, width) =>
   content
     .split('\n')
-    .map((line) => wrapAnsi(line, width, { trim: false, hard: true }))
+    .map((line) => wrapAnsi(line, width, { trim: false, hard: true }).split('\n'))
     .join('\n');
diff --git a/packages/inquirer/lib/utils/screen-manager.js b/packages/inquirer/lib/utils/screen-manager.js
index 0be0e8e16..d411a9944 100644
--- a/packages/inquirer/lib/utils/screen-manager.js
+++ b/packages/inquirer/lib/utils/screen-manager.js
@@ -160,7 +160,9 @@ class ScreenManager {
     // re: trim: false; by default, `wrap-ansi` trims whitespace, which
     // is not what we want.
     // re: hard: true; by default', `wrap-ansi` does soft wrapping
-    return lines.map((line) => wrapAnsi(line, width, { trim: false, hard: true }));
+    return lines.map((line) =>
+      wrapAnsi(line, width, { trim: false, hard: true }).split('\n')
+    );
   }
 
   /**