diff --git a/src/cli/plugins-cli.ts b/src/cli/plugins-cli.ts
index 62bc76889..303231bdb 100644
--- a/src/cli/plugins-cli.ts
+++ b/src/cli/plugins-cli.ts
@@ -135,19 +135,22 @@ export function registerPluginsCli(program: Command) {
 
       if (!opts.verbose) {
         const tableWidth = Math.max(60, (process.stdout.columns ?? 120) - 1);
-        const rows = list.map((plugin) => ({
-          Name: plugin.name || plugin.id,
-          ID: plugin.name && plugin.name !== plugin.id ? plugin.id : "",
-          Status:
-            plugin.status === "loaded"
-              ? theme.success("loaded")
-              : plugin.status === "disabled"
-                ? theme.warn("disabled")
-                : theme.error("error"),
-          Source: plugin.source,
-          Version: plugin.version ?? "",
-          Description: plugin.description ?? "",
-        }));
+        const rows = list.map((plugin) => {
+          const desc = plugin.description ? theme.muted(plugin.description) : "";
+          const sourceLine = desc ? `${plugin.source}\n${desc}` : plugin.source;
+          return {
+            Name: plugin.name || plugin.id,
+            ID: plugin.name && plugin.name !== plugin.id ? plugin.id : "",
+            Status:
+              plugin.status === "loaded"
+                ? theme.success("loaded")
+                : plugin.status === "disabled"
+                  ? theme.warn("disabled")
+                  : theme.error("error"),
+            Source: sourceLine,
+            Version: plugin.version ?? "",
+          };
+        });
         defaultRuntime.log(
           renderTable({
             width: tableWidth,
@@ -155,9 +158,8 @@ export function registerPluginsCli(program: Command) {
               { key: "Name", header: "Name", minWidth: 14, flex: true },
               { key: "ID", header: "ID", minWidth: 10, flex: true },
               { key: "Status", header: "Status", minWidth: 10 },
-              { key: "Source", header: "Source", minWidth: 10 },
+              { key: "Source", header: "Source", minWidth: 26, flex: true },
               { key: "Version", header: "Version", minWidth: 8 },
-              { key: "Description", header: "Description", minWidth: 18, flex: true },
             ],
             rows,
           }).trimEnd(),
diff --git a/src/terminal/table.test.ts b/src/terminal/table.test.ts
index ee7a9fcc9..c2108accb 100644
--- a/src/terminal/table.test.ts
+++ b/src/terminal/table.test.ts
@@ -84,4 +84,21 @@ describe("renderTable", () => {
       throw new Error(`Unexpected escape sequence at index ${i}`);
     }
   });
+
+  it("respects explicit newlines in cell values", () => {
+    const out = renderTable({
+      width: 48,
+      columns: [
+        { key: "A", header: "A", minWidth: 6 },
+        { key: "B", header: "B", minWidth: 10, flex: true },
+      ],
+      rows: [{ A: "row", B: "line1\nline2" }],
+    });
+
+    const lines = out.trimEnd().split("\n");
+    const line1Index = lines.findIndex((line) => line.includes("line1"));
+    const line2Index = lines.findIndex((line) => line.includes("line2"));
+    expect(line1Index).toBeGreaterThan(-1);
+    expect(line2Index).toBe(line1Index + 1);
+  });
 });
diff --git a/src/terminal/table.ts b/src/terminal/table.ts
index 121760957..f0ea1cb02 100644
--- a/src/terminal/table.ts
+++ b/src/terminal/table.ts
@@ -93,15 +93,9 @@ function wrapLine(text: string, width: number): string[] {
 
   const lines: string[] = [];
   const isBreakChar = (ch: string) =>
-    ch === " " ||
-    ch === "\t" ||
-    ch === "\n" ||
-    ch === "\r" ||
-    ch === "/" ||
-    ch === "-" ||
-    ch === "_" ||
-    ch === ".";
+    ch === " " || ch === "\t" || ch === "/" || ch === "-" || ch === "_" || ch === ".";
   const isSpaceChar = (ch: string) => ch === " " || ch === "\t";
+  let skipNextLf = false;
 
   const buf: Token[] = [];
   let bufVisible = 0;
@@ -149,6 +143,15 @@ function wrapLine(text: string, width: number): string[] {
     }
 
     const ch = token.value;
+    if (skipNextLf) {
+      skipNextLf = false;
+      if (ch === "\n") continue;
+    }
+    if (ch === "\n" || ch === "\r") {
+      flushAt(buf.length);
+      if (ch === "\r") skipNextLf = true;
+      continue;
+    }
     if (bufVisible + 1 > width && bufVisible > 0) {
       flushAt(lastBreakIndex);
     }