diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 3f8be853..5e4093b3 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,10 @@
+2026-06-30  Bob Weiner  <rsw@gnu.org>
+
+* hui-mini.el (hui:menu-maybe-highlight-item-keys): Fix that in
+    column layout mode, items in the first column on 2nd and succeeding
+    lines did not have the first capital letter highlighted because were
+    neglecting newlines as word separators and handling only spaces.
+
 2026-06-29  Mats Lidell  <matsl@gnu.org>
 
 * .github/workflows/main.yml (on): Reduce number of builds by
diff --git a/hui-mini.el b/hui-mini.el
index 816249c0..460972bb 100644
--- a/hui-mini.el
+++ b/hui-mini.el
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 ;; Author:       Bob Weiner
 ;;
 ;; Orig-Date:    15-Oct-91 at 20:13:17
-;; Last-Mod:     25-Jun-26 at 09:52:07 by Bob Weiner
+;; Last-Mod:     30-Jun-26 at 00:48:36 by Bob Weiner
 ;;
 ;; SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-3.0-or-later
 ;;
@@ -608,7 +608,7 @@ potentially modified MENU-STR."
 	(mapc (lambda (c)
 		(cond ((= c ?>)
 		       (setq after-menu-name-flag t))
-		      ((= c ?\ )
+		      ((memq c '(?\n ?\r ?\ ))
 		       (setq after-word-capital-letter-flag nil))
 		      ((and after-menu-name-flag
 			    (not after-word-capital-letter-flag)