diff --git a/ChangeLog.md b/ChangeLog.md
--- a/ChangeLog.md
+++ b/ChangeLog.md
@@ -1,5 +1,9 @@
 # ChangeLog for yaml
 
+## 0.11.11.1
+
+* For optparse-applicative-0.18: use `pretty` instead of `text` [#216](https://github.com/snoyberg/yaml/pull/216)
+
 ## 0.11.11.0
 
 * Fix ambiguous occurrence `AesonException`
diff --git a/exe/json2yaml.hs b/exe/json2yaml.hs
--- a/exe/json2yaml.hs
+++ b/exe/json2yaml.hs
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@
   , long, metavar, short, strArgument, strOption, value
   )
 import Options.Applicative.Help.Pretty
-  ( vcat, text )
+  ( vcat, pretty )
 
 import System.Exit    ( die )
 
@@ -43,11 +43,11 @@
       <> footerDoc fdoc
 
   where
-  hdoc = Just $ vcat $ map text
+  hdoc = Just $ vcat $ map pretty
     [ versionText self
     , "Convert JSON to YAML."
     ]
-  fdoc = Just $ text $ concat
+  fdoc = Just $ pretty $ concat
     [ "The old call pattern '"
     , self
     , " IN OUT' is also accepted, but deprecated."
diff --git a/exe/yaml2json.hs b/exe/yaml2json.hs
--- a/exe/yaml2json.hs
+++ b/exe/yaml2json.hs
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@
   , long, metavar, short, strArgument, strOption, value
   )
 import Options.Applicative.Help.Pretty
-  ( vcat, text )
+  ( vcat, pretty )
 
 import Common
   ( versionText, versionOption, numericVersionOption, dashToNothing )
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@
          (headerDoc hdoc)
 
   where
-  hdoc = Just $ vcat $ map text
+  hdoc = Just $ vcat $ map pretty
     [ versionText self
     , "Convert YAML to JSON."
     ]
diff --git a/yaml.cabal b/yaml.cabal
--- a/yaml.cabal
+++ b/yaml.cabal
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 -- see: https://github.com/sol/hpack
 
 name:           yaml
-version:        0.11.11.0
+version:        0.11.11.1
 synopsis:       Support for parsing and rendering YAML documents.
 description:    README and API documentation are available at <https://www.stackage.org/package/yaml>
 category:       Data