diff --git a/src/commands.cc b/src/commands.cc
index 543b14a5..61c90e31 100644
--- a/src/commands.cc
+++ b/src/commands.cc
@@ -2299,11 +2299,7 @@ const CommandDesc info_cmd = {
         auto title = parser.get_switch("title").value_or(StringView{});
         if (parser.get_switch("markup"))
             context.client().info_show(parse_display_line(title, context.faces()),
-                                       parser[0] | split<StringView>('\n')
-                                                 | transform([&](StringView s) {
-                                                       return parse_display_line(s, context.faces());
-                                                   })
-                                                 | gather<DisplayLineList>(),
+                                       parse_display_line_list(parser[0], context.faces()),
                                        pos, style);
         else
             context.client().info_show(title.str(), parser[0], pos, style);
diff --git a/src/display_buffer.cc b/src/display_buffer.cc
index e7caed04..d98108cd 100644
--- a/src/display_buffer.cc
+++ b/src/display_buffer.cc
@@ -257,13 +257,12 @@ void DisplayBuffer::optimize()
         line.optimize();
 }
 
-DisplayLine parse_display_line(StringView line, const FaceRegistry& faces, const HashMap<String, DisplayLine>& builtins)
+DisplayLine parse_display_line(StringView line, Face& face, const FaceRegistry& faces, const HashMap<String, DisplayLine>& builtins)
 {
     DisplayLine res;
     bool was_antislash = false;
     auto pos = line.begin();
     String content;
-    Face face;
     for (auto it = line.begin(), end = line.end(); it != end; ++it)
     {
         const char c = *it;
@@ -332,4 +331,19 @@ DisplayLine parse_display_line(StringView line, const FaceRegistry& faces, const
     return res;
 }
 
+DisplayLine parse_display_line(StringView line, const FaceRegistry& faces, const HashMap<String, DisplayLine>& builtins)
+{
+    Face face{};
+    return parse_display_line(line, face, faces, builtins);
+}
+
+DisplayLineList parse_display_line_list(StringView content, const FaceRegistry& faces, const HashMap<String, DisplayLine>& builtins)
+{
+    return content | split<StringView>('\n')
+                   | transform([&, face=Face{}](StringView s) mutable {
+                         return parse_display_line(s, face, faces, builtins);
+                     })
+                   | gather<DisplayLineList>();
+}
+
 }
diff --git a/src/display_buffer.hh b/src/display_buffer.hh
index 855fa92d..bfa01bfb 100644
--- a/src/display_buffer.hh
+++ b/src/display_buffer.hh
@@ -157,6 +157,7 @@ using DisplayLineList = Vector<DisplayLine>;
 class FaceRegistry;
 
 DisplayLine parse_display_line(StringView line, const FaceRegistry& faces, const HashMap<String, DisplayLine>& builtins = {});
+DisplayLineList parse_display_line_list(StringView content, const FaceRegistry& faces, const HashMap<String, DisplayLine>& builtins = {});
 
 class DisplayBuffer : public UseMemoryDomain<MemoryDomain::Display>
 {