diff --git a/pkg/commands/oscommands/os.go b/pkg/commands/oscommands/os.go
index 5a35b9278..b146d9d8e 100644
--- a/pkg/commands/oscommands/os.go
+++ b/pkg/commands/oscommands/os.go
@@ -546,7 +546,9 @@ func RunLineOutputCmd(cmd *exec.Cmd, onLine func(line string) (bool, error)) err
 }
 
 func (c *OSCommand) CopyToClipboard(str string) error {
-	c.LogCommand(fmt.Sprintf("Copying '%s' to clipboard", utils.TruncateWithEllipsis(str, 40)), false)
+	escaped := strings.Replace(str, "\n", "\\n", -1)
+	truncated := utils.TruncateWithEllipsis(escaped, 40)
+	c.LogCommand(fmt.Sprintf("Copying '%s' to clipboard", truncated), false)
 	return clipboard.WriteAll(str)
 }
 
diff --git a/pkg/commands/patch/patch_parser.go b/pkg/commands/patch/patch_parser.go
index 4fed00325..1fefe0748 100644
--- a/pkg/commands/patch/patch_parser.go
+++ b/pkg/commands/patch/patch_parser.go
@@ -194,20 +194,17 @@ func (p *PatchParser) Render(firstLineIndex int, lastLineIndex int, incLineIndic
 	return result
 }
 
-// RenderLines returns the coloured string of diff part from firstLineIndex to
+// PlainRenderLines returns the non-coloured string of diff part from firstLineIndex to
 // lastLineIndex
-func (p *PatchParser) RenderLines(firstLineIndex, lastLineIndex int) string {
-	renderedLines := make([]string, lastLineIndex-firstLineIndex+1)
-	for index := firstLineIndex; index <= lastLineIndex; index++ {
-		renderedLines[index-firstLineIndex] = p.PatchLines[index].render(
-			false, false,
-		)
+func (p *PatchParser) PlainRenderLines(firstLineIndex, lastLineIndex int) string {
+	linesToCopy := p.PatchLines[firstLineIndex : lastLineIndex+1]
+
+	renderedLines := make([]string, len(linesToCopy))
+	for index, line := range linesToCopy {
+		renderedLines[index] = line.Content
 	}
-	result := strings.Join(renderedLines, "\n")
-	if strings.TrimSpace(utils.Decolorise(result)) == "" {
-		return ""
-	}
-	return result
+
+	return strings.Join(renderedLines, "\n")
 }
 
 // GetNextStageableLineIndex takes a line index and returns the line index of the next stageable line
diff --git a/pkg/gui/keybindings.go b/pkg/gui/keybindings.go
index 44fee4fce..844a1dc8a 100644
--- a/pkg/gui/keybindings.go
+++ b/pkg/gui/keybindings.go
@@ -1304,11 +1304,12 @@ func (gui *Gui) GetInitialKeybindings() []*Binding {
 			Handler:  gui.handleSelectNextHunk,
 		},
 		{
-			ViewName: "main",
-			Contexts: []string{string(MAIN_PATCH_BUILDING_CONTEXT_KEY), string(MAIN_STAGING_CONTEXT_KEY)},
-			Key:      gui.getKey(config.Universal.CopyToClipboard),
-			Modifier: gocui.ModNone,
-			Handler:  gui.copySelectedToClipboard,
+			ViewName:    "main",
+			Contexts:    []string{string(MAIN_PATCH_BUILDING_CONTEXT_KEY), string(MAIN_STAGING_CONTEXT_KEY)},
+			Key:         gui.getKey(config.Universal.CopyToClipboard),
+			Modifier:    gocui.ModNone,
+			Handler:     gui.copySelectedToClipboard,
+			Description: gui.Tr.LcCopySelectedTexToClipboard,
 		},
 		{
 			ViewName:    "main",
diff --git a/pkg/gui/lbl/state.go b/pkg/gui/lbl/state.go
index e8014fc1a..8ff7d7e88 100644
--- a/pkg/gui/lbl/state.go
+++ b/pkg/gui/lbl/state.go
@@ -180,9 +180,9 @@ func (s *State) RenderForLineIndices(includedLineIndices []int) string {
 	return s.patchParser.Render(firstLineIdx, lastLineIdx, includedLineIndices)
 }
 
-func (s *State) RenderSelected() string {
+func (s *State) PlainRenderSelected() string {
 	firstLineIdx, lastLineIdx := s.SelectedRange()
-	return s.patchParser.RenderLines(firstLineIdx, lastLineIdx)
+	return s.patchParser.PlainRenderLines(firstLineIdx, lastLineIdx)
 }
 
 func (s *State) SelectBottom() {
diff --git a/pkg/gui/line_by_line_panel.go b/pkg/gui/line_by_line_panel.go
index b366352b0..8c793375b 100644
--- a/pkg/gui/line_by_line_panel.go
+++ b/pkg/gui/line_by_line_panel.go
@@ -2,13 +2,11 @@ package gui
 
 import (
 	"fmt"
-	"strings"
 
 	"github.com/go-errors/errors"
 	"github.com/jesseduffield/gocui"
 	"github.com/jesseduffield/lazygit/pkg/commands/patch"
 	"github.com/jesseduffield/lazygit/pkg/gui/lbl"
-	"github.com/jesseduffield/lazygit/pkg/utils"
 )
 
 // Currently there are two 'pseudo-panels' that make use of this 'pseudo-panel'.
@@ -90,9 +88,7 @@ func (gui *Gui) handleSelectNextHunk() error {
 
 func (gui *Gui) copySelectedToClipboard() error {
 	return gui.withLBLActiveCheck(func(state *LblPanelState) error {
-
-		colorSelected := state.RenderSelected()
-		selected := strings.TrimSpace(utils.Decolorise(colorSelected))
+		selected := state.PlainRenderSelected()
 
 		if err := gui.OSCommand.WithSpan(
 			gui.Tr.Spans.CopySelectedTextToClipboard,
diff --git a/pkg/i18n/english.go b/pkg/i18n/english.go
index eb172ccba..1156cfee7 100644
--- a/pkg/i18n/english.go
+++ b/pkg/i18n/english.go
@@ -361,6 +361,7 @@ type TranslationSet struct {
 	LcCopyFileNameToClipboard           string
 	LcCopyCommitFileNameToClipboard     string
 	LcCommitPrefixPatternError          string
+	LcCopySelectedTexToClipboard        string
 	NoFilesStagedTitle                  string
 	NoFilesStagedPrompt                 string
 	BranchNotFoundTitle                 string
@@ -883,6 +884,7 @@ func englishTranslationSet() TranslationSet {
 		LcCopyBranchNameToClipboard:         "copy branch name to clipboard",
 		LcCopyFileNameToClipboard:           "copy the file name to the clipboard",
 		LcCopyCommitFileNameToClipboard:     "copy the committed file name to the clipboard",
+		LcCopySelectedTexToClipboard:        "copy the selected text to the clipboard",
 		LcCommitPrefixPatternError:          "Error in commitPrefix pattern",
 		NoFilesStagedTitle:                  "No files staged",
 		NoFilesStagedPrompt:                 "You have not staged any files. Commit all files?",
@@ -1000,7 +1002,7 @@ func englishTranslationSet() TranslationSet {
 			GitFlowFinish:                     "Git flow finish",
 			GitFlowStart:                      "Git Flow start",
 			CopyToClipboard:                   "Copy to clipboard",
-			CopySelectedTextToClipboard:       "Copy Selected Text to clipboard",
+			CopySelectedTextToClipboard:       "Copy selected text to clipboard",
 			RemovePatchFromCommit:             "Remove patch from commit",
 			MovePatchToSelectedCommit:         "Move patch to selected commit",
 			MovePatchIntoIndex:                "Move patch into index",