diff --git a/extra/release.py b/extra/release.py
index ce3099a69..b0b7a96e0 100755
--- a/extra/release.py
+++ b/extra/release.py
@@ -166,7 +166,7 @@ def rst2md(text):
     """Use Pandoc to convert text from ReST to Markdown.
     """
     pandoc = subprocess.Popen(
-        ['pandoc', '--from=rst', '--to=markdown', '--no-wrap'],
+        ['pandoc', '--from=rst', '--to=markdown', '--wrap=none'],
         stdin=subprocess.PIPE, stdout=subprocess.PIPE, stderr=subprocess.PIPE
     )
     stdout, _ = pandoc.communicate(text.encode('utf-8'))