diff --git a/dcargs/_argparse_formatter.py b/dcargs/_argparse_formatter.py
index dc5ddebc..08a28a5f 100644
--- a/dcargs/_argparse_formatter.py
+++ b/dcargs/_argparse_formatter.py
@@ -96,7 +96,7 @@ def _format_action(self, action):
             action_header = (
                 " " * self._current_indent
                 + action_header
-                + " " * (action_width - monkeypatch_len(action_header))
+                + " " * (action_width - monkeypatch_len(action_header) + 2)
             )
             # </new>
             indent_first = 0
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 047848b6..2cd9b4ca 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [tool.poetry]
 name = "dcargs"
-version = "0.2.4"
+version = "0.2.5"
 description = "Strongly typed, zero-effort CLI interfaces"
 authors = ["brentyi <brentyi@berkeley.edu>"]
 include = ["./dcargs/**/*"]