diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 9f622fb..3f413f7 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -74,8 +74,8 @@ When Git 2.18 or higher is not in your PATH, falls back to the REST API to downl
     # Default: true
     clean: ''
 
-    # Do a sparse checkout on given patterns
-    # Each pattern should be sepparated with new lines
+    # Do a sparse checkout on given patterns. Each pattern should be sepparated with
+    # new lines
     # Default: null
     sparse-checkout: ''
 
diff --git a/action.yml b/action.yml
index 1a2ecfc..bb7451e 100644
--- a/action.yml
+++ b/action.yml
@@ -54,7 +54,9 @@ inputs:
     description: 'Whether to execute `git clean -ffdx && git reset --hard HEAD` before fetching'
     default: true
   sparse-checkout:
-    description: 'Do a sparse checkout on given patterns'
+    description: >
+      Do a sparse checkout on given patterns.
+      Each pattern should be sepparated with new lines
     default: null
   fetch-depth:
     description: 'Number of commits to fetch. 0 indicates all history for all branches and tags.'