diff --git a/packages/cli/src/commands/spaces/transfer.ts b/packages/cli/src/commands/spaces/transfer.ts
index 1cf18067e6..4a17957aae 100644
--- a/packages/cli/src/commands/spaces/transfer.ts
+++ b/packages/cli/src/commands/spaces/transfer.ts
@@ -1,11 +1,18 @@
 import color from '@heroku-cli/color'
 import {Command, flags} from '@heroku-cli/command'
 import {ux} from '@oclif/core'
+import heredoc from 'tsheredoc';
 
 export default class Transfer extends Command {
   static topic = 'spaces';
-  static description = 'transfer a space to another team';
-  static help = 'Example:\n\n    $ heroku spaces:transfer --space=space-name --team=team-name\n    Transferring space-name to team-name... done\n';
+  static description = heredoc(`
+  transfer a space to another team
+  Example:
+
+  $ heroku spaces:transfer --space=space-name --team=team-name
+  Transferring space-name to team-name... done
+  `)
+
   static flags = {
     space: flags.string({required: true, description: 'name of space'}),
     team: flags.string({required: true, description: 'desired owner of space'}),
diff --git a/packages/cli/test/unit/commands/transfer.unit.test.ts b/packages/cli/test/unit/commands/transfer.unit.test.ts
index 9e4ec0c6e0..9b41e56a06 100644
--- a/packages/cli/test/unit/commands/transfer.unit.test.ts
+++ b/packages/cli/test/unit/commands/transfer.unit.test.ts
@@ -42,8 +42,8 @@ describe('spaces:transfer', function () {
         space,
       ])
     } catch (error) {
-      const {message} = error as {message: string}
-      expect(message).to.eq(message)
+      const {message: errorMessage} = error as {message: string}
+      expect(errorMessage).to.eq(message)
     }
 
     api.done()