diff --git a/src/bitcoind.cpp b/src/bitcoind.cpp
index 440356aa80..9ad5a47869 100644
--- a/src/bitcoind.cpp
+++ b/src/bitcoind.cpp
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
 #include "httpserver.h"
 #include "httprpc.h"
 #include "rpcserver.h"
+#include "utilstrencodings.h"
 
 #include <boost/algorithm/string/predicate.hpp>
 #include <boost/filesystem.hpp>
@@ -82,7 +83,7 @@ bool AppInit(int argc, char* argv[])
 
         if (mapArgs.count("-version"))
         {
-            strUsage += LicenseInfo();
+            strUsage += FormatParagraph(LicenseInfo());
         }
         else
         {
diff --git a/src/init.cpp b/src/init.cpp
index 8a9cc6d960..5746fb5120 100644
--- a/src/init.cpp
+++ b/src/init.cpp
@@ -33,7 +33,6 @@
 #include "ui_interface.h"
 #include "util.h"
 #include "utilmoneystr.h"
-#include "utilstrencodings.h"
 #include "validationinterface.h"
 #ifdef ENABLE_WALLET
 #include "wallet/db.h"
@@ -513,13 +512,13 @@ std::string HelpMessage(HelpMessageMode mode)
 std::string LicenseInfo()
 {
     // todo: remove urls from translations on next change
-    return FormatParagraph(strprintf(_("Copyright (C) %i-%i %s"), 2009, COPYRIGHT_YEAR, CopyrightHolders())) + "\n" +
+    return CopyrightHolders(strprintf(_("Copyright (C) %i-%i"), 2009, COPYRIGHT_YEAR) + " ") + "\n" +
            "\n" +
-           FormatParagraph(_("This is experimental software.")) + "\n" +
+           _("This is experimental software.") + "\n" +
            "\n" +
-           FormatParagraph(_("Distributed under the MIT software license, see the accompanying file COPYING or <http://www.opensource.org/licenses/mit-license.php>.")) + "\n" +
+           _("Distributed under the MIT software license, see the accompanying file COPYING or <http://www.opensource.org/licenses/mit-license.php>.") + "\n" +
            "\n" +
-           FormatParagraph(_("This product includes software developed by the OpenSSL Project for use in the OpenSSL Toolkit <https://www.openssl.org/> and cryptographic software written by Eric Young and UPnP software written by Thomas Bernard.")) +
+           _("This product includes software developed by the OpenSSL Project for use in the OpenSSL Toolkit <https://www.openssl.org/> and cryptographic software written by Eric Young and UPnP software written by Thomas Bernard.") +
            "\n";
 }
 
diff --git a/src/qt/splashscreen.cpp b/src/qt/splashscreen.cpp
index 4d745088ac..21dab957f3 100644
--- a/src/qt/splashscreen.cpp
+++ b/src/qt/splashscreen.cpp
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ SplashScreen::SplashScreen(Qt::WindowFlags f, const NetworkStyle *networkStyle)
     // define text to place
     QString titleText       = tr(PACKAGE_NAME);
     QString versionText     = QString("Version %1").arg(QString::fromStdString(FormatFullVersion()));
-    QString copyrightText   = QChar(0xA9)+QString(" %1-%2 ").arg(2009).arg(COPYRIGHT_YEAR) + QString::fromStdString(CopyrightHolders());
+    QString copyrightText   = QString::fromUtf8(CopyrightHolders(strprintf("\xc2\xA9 %u-%u ", 2009, COPYRIGHT_YEAR)).c_str());
     QString titleAddText    = networkStyle->getTitleAddText();
 
     QString font            = QApplication::font().toString();
@@ -101,8 +101,13 @@ SplashScreen::SplashScreen(Qt::WindowFlags f, const NetworkStyle *networkStyle)
     pixPaint.drawText(pixmap.width()/devicePixelRatio-titleTextWidth-paddingRight+2,paddingTop+titleVersionVSpace,versionText);
 
     // draw copyright stuff
-    pixPaint.setFont(QFont(font, 10*fontFactor));
-    pixPaint.drawText(pixmap.width()/devicePixelRatio-titleTextWidth-paddingRight,paddingTop+titleCopyrightVSpace,copyrightText);
+    {
+        pixPaint.setFont(QFont(font, 10*fontFactor));
+        const int x = pixmap.width()/devicePixelRatio-titleTextWidth-paddingRight;
+        const int y = paddingTop+titleCopyrightVSpace;
+        QRect copyrightRect(x, y, pixmap.width() - x - paddingRight, pixmap.height() - y);
+        pixPaint.drawText(copyrightRect, Qt::AlignLeft | Qt::AlignTop | Qt::TextWordWrap, copyrightText);
+    }
 
     // draw additional text if special network
     if(!titleAddText.isEmpty()) {
diff --git a/src/qt/utilitydialog.cpp b/src/qt/utilitydialog.cpp
index 3e96f26b3a..5fafa57598 100644
--- a/src/qt/utilitydialog.cpp
+++ b/src/qt/utilitydialog.cpp
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ HelpMessageDialog::HelpMessageDialog(QWidget *parent, bool about) :
         uri.setMinimal(true); // use non-greedy matching
         licenseInfoHTML.replace(uri, "<a href=\"\\1\">\\1</a>");
         // Replace newlines with HTML breaks
-        licenseInfoHTML.replace("\n\n", "<br><br>");
+        licenseInfoHTML.replace("\n", "<br>");
 
         ui->aboutMessage->setTextFormat(Qt::RichText);
         ui->scrollArea->setVerticalScrollBarPolicy(Qt::ScrollBarAsNeeded);
diff --git a/src/util.cpp b/src/util.cpp
index 0439ead476..1f6b84119a 100644
--- a/src/util.cpp
+++ b/src/util.cpp
@@ -834,10 +834,14 @@ int GetNumCores()
 #endif
 }
 
-std::string CopyrightHolders()
+std::string CopyrightHolders(const std::string& strPrefix)
 {
-    std::string strCopyrightHolders = _(COPYRIGHT_HOLDERS);
-    if (strCopyrightHolders.find("%s") == strCopyrightHolders.npos)
-        return strCopyrightHolders;
-    return strprintf(strCopyrightHolders, _(COPYRIGHT_HOLDERS_SUBSTITUTION));
+    std::string strCopyrightHolders = strPrefix + _(COPYRIGHT_HOLDERS);
+    if (strCopyrightHolders.find("%s") != strCopyrightHolders.npos) {
+        strCopyrightHolders = strprintf(strCopyrightHolders, _(COPYRIGHT_HOLDERS_SUBSTITUTION));
+    }
+    if (strCopyrightHolders.find("Bitcoin Core developers") == strCopyrightHolders.npos) {
+        strCopyrightHolders += "\n" + strPrefix + "The Bitcoin Core developers";
+    }
+    return strCopyrightHolders;
 }
diff --git a/src/util.h b/src/util.h
index 88e1fe9fb3..5a948c6a9c 100644
--- a/src/util.h
+++ b/src/util.h
@@ -242,6 +242,6 @@ template <typename Callable> void TraceThread(const char* name,  Callable func)
     }
 }
 
-std::string CopyrightHolders();
+std::string CopyrightHolders(const std::string& strPrefix);
 
 #endif // BITCOIN_UTIL_H