diff --git a/vim/merlin/autoload/merlin.py b/vim/merlin/autoload/merlin.py
index 81036de4c..581c0aed5 100644
--- a/vim/merlin/autoload/merlin.py
+++ b/vim/merlin/autoload/merlin.py
@@ -90,7 +90,7 @@ def vim_value(v):
     if isinstance(v, int):
         return str(v)
     if isinstance(v, str):
-        return "'%s'" % v.replace("'", "''")
+        return "'%s'" % v.replace("'", "''").replace("\n", "'.\"\\n\".'")
     raise Exception("Failed to convert into a vim value: %s" % str(v))
 
 # Format a dictionnary containing integer and string values into a Vim record.
@@ -362,27 +362,29 @@ def command_holes():
 
 ######## VIM FRONTEND
 
-def vim_complete_prepare(str):
-    return re.sub(re_wspaces, " ", str).replace("'", "''").strip()
-
-# Turns Merlin's search-by-polarity or complete-prefix entries into a Vim's completion-item list
+# Turns Merlin's search-by-polarity or complete-prefix entries into a Vim's completion-item list (:h complete-items)
 def vim_fillentries(entries, vimvar):
+    def prep(s):
+        return re.sub(re_wspaces, " ", s).strip()
+    def prep_nl(s):
+        return re.sub(re_spaces_around_nl, "\n", re.sub(re_spaces, " ", s)).strip()
     for prop in entries:
         vim.command("let tmp = " + vim_record({
-                "word": prop["name"],
-                "menu": prop["desc"],
-                "info": prop["info"],
+                "word": prep(prop["name"]),
+                "menu": prep(prop["desc"]),
+                "info": prep_nl(prop["info"]),
                 "kind": prop["kind"][:1]
             }))
         vim.command("call add(%s, tmp)" % vimvar)
 
 # Complete
 def vim_complete_cursor(base, suffix, vimvar):
+    def prep(str):
+        return re.sub(re_wspaces, " ", str).replace("'", "''").strip()
     vim.command("let %s = []" % vimvar)
     try:
         completions = command_complete_cursor(base,vim.current.window.cursor)
         nb_entries = len(completions['entries'])
-        prep = vim_complete_prepare
         if completions['context'] and completions['context'][0] == 'application':
             app = completions['context'][1]
             if not base or base == suffix: