diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 4e71412e..9c77ee66 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ clean:
 	rm -rf build
 
 format:
-	find . -type f -name '*.md'	| xargs -IX pandoc -o X --wrap=preserve -t markdown+pipe_tables-multiline_tables-grid_tables X
+	find . -type f -name '*.md' -exec ./scripts/format.sh {} ';'
 
 images: $(IMG_EPSS) $(IMG_PNGS)
 
diff --git a/scripts/format.sh b/scripts/format.sh
new file mode 100755
index 00000000..05430b90
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/format.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+
+diff $1 <(pandoc --wrap=preserve -t markdown+pipe_tables-multiline_tables-grid_tables $1) | \
+  patch $1 -