diff --git a/docs/changelog.rst b/docs/changelog.rst
index e831433a6..939f970ad 100644
--- a/docs/changelog.rst
+++ b/docs/changelog.rst
@@ -44,6 +44,8 @@ Detailed list of changes
 
 - macOS: Fix regression in 0.26.0 that caused asking the user for a line of input such as for :ac:`set_tab_title` to not work (:iss:`5447`)
 
+- hints kitten: hyperlink matching: Fix hints occasionally matching text on subsequent line as part of hyperlink (:pull:`5450`)
+
 0.26.1 [2022-08-30]
 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
 
diff --git a/kittens/hints/main.py b/kittens/hints/main.py
index 42a2568b3..125a40145 100644
--- a/kittens/hints/main.py
+++ b/kittens/hints/main.py
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ from typing import (
 from kitty.cli import parse_args
 from kitty.cli_stub import HintsCLIOptions
 from kitty.constants import website_url
-from kitty.fast_data_types import get_options, set_clipboard_string
+from kitty.fast_data_types import get_options, set_clipboard_string, wcswidth
 from kitty.key_encoding import KeyEvent
 from kitty.typing import BossType, KittyCommonOpts
 from kitty.utils import (
@@ -411,8 +411,10 @@ def convert_text(text: str, cols: int) -> str:
             appended = False
             for line in full_line.split('\r'):
                 if line:
-                    escape_codes_len = sum([len(match) for match in kitty_ansi_sanitizer_pat().findall(line)])
-                    lines.append(line.ljust(cols + escape_codes_len, '\0'))
+                    line_sz = wcswidth(line)
+                    if line_sz < cols:
+                        line += '\0' * (cols - line_sz)
+                    lines.append(line)
                     lines.append('\r')
                     appended = True
             if appended: