diff --git a/framework/CHANGELOG.md b/framework/CHANGELOG.md
index 527c7d4e74..5a7a707ede 100644
--- a/framework/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/framework/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ Yii Framework 2 Change Log
 2.0.20 under development
 ------------------------
 
-- no changes in this release.
+- Bug #16509: Fixed console command help text wordwrap for multi-byte strings (alexkart)
 
 
 2.0.19 May 21, 2019
diff --git a/framework/helpers/BaseConsole.php b/framework/helpers/BaseConsole.php
index 0d19584ebb..f73c82ad60 100644
--- a/framework/helpers/BaseConsole.php
+++ b/framework/helpers/BaseConsole.php
@@ -684,7 +684,7 @@ class BaseConsole
             return $text;
         }
         $pad = str_repeat(' ', $indent);
-        $lines = explode("\n", wordwrap($text, $size[0] - $indent, "\n", true));
+        $lines = explode("\n", wordwrap($text, $size[0] - $indent, "\n"));
         $first = true;
         foreach ($lines as $i => $line) {
             if ($first) {