diff --git a/aio/tools/transforms/templates/cli/lib/cli.html b/aio/tools/transforms/templates/cli/lib/cli.html
index 2658791fa3..b95313895f 100644
--- a/aio/tools/transforms/templates/cli/lib/cli.html
+++ b/aio/tools/transforms/templates/cli/lib/cli.html
@@ -72,7 +72,8 @@
{%- endmacro %}
{%- macro renderValues(values, default) -%}
-{$ values.join('|') $}
+{%- set valString = values.join('|') -%}
+{%- if valString.length > 15 %}
{% endif %}{$ valString $}
{%- endmacro -%}
{%- macro renderOption(name, type, default, values) -%}
@@ -81,7 +82,7 @@
{%- elif values.length -%}
{$ prefix $}{$ name $}={$ renderValues(values, default) $}
{%- elif type === 'string' -%}
-{$ name $}
+{$ prefix $}{$ name $}={% if name.length > 15 %}
{% endif %}{$ name $}
{%- else -%}
{$ prefix $}{$ name $}
{%- endif -%}