diff --git a/hydra-test.el b/hydra-test.el
index ea416af..1c1ab2b 100644
--- a/hydra-test.el
+++ b/hydra-test.el
@@ -1045,6 +1045,19 @@ _f_ auto-fill-mode:    %`auto-fill-function
                     #("j" 0 1 (face hydra-face-blue))
                     #("k" 0 1 (face hydra-face-blue))) ""))))
 
+(ert-deftest hydra-format-5 ()
+  (should
+   (equal (hydra--format
+           nil nil "\n_-_: mark          _u_: unmark\n"
+           '(("-" Buffer-menu-mark)
+             ("u" Buffer-menu-unmark)))
+          '(concat
+           (format
+            "%s: mark          %s: unmark\n"
+            #("-" 0 1 (face hydra-face-red))
+            #("u" 0 1 (face hydra-face-red)))
+            ""))))
+
 (ert-deftest hydra-format-with-sexp-1 ()
   (should (equal
            (let ((hydra-fontify-head-function
diff --git a/hydra.el b/hydra.el
index 3b3dda2..bd5640c 100644
--- a/hydra.el
+++ b/hydra.el
@@ -474,7 +474,7 @@ The expressions can be auto-expanded according to NAME."
         offset)
     (while (setq start
                  (string-match
-                  "\\(?:%\\( ?-?[0-9]*s?\\)\\(`[a-z-A-Z/0-9]+\\|(\\)\\)\\|\\(?:_\\( ?-?[0-9]*?\\)\\([[:alnum:] -~.,;:/|?<>={}*+#]+?\\)_\\)"
+                  "\\(?:%\\( ?-?[0-9]*s?\\)\\(`[a-z-A-Z/0-9]+\\|(\\)\\)\\|\\(?:_\\( ?-?[0-9]*?\\)\\([-[:alnum:] ~.,;:/|?<>={}*+#]+?\\)_\\)"
                   docstring start))
       (cond ((eq ?_ (aref (match-string 0 docstring) 0))
              (let* ((key (match-string 4 docstring))