How to add multiple blank lines to the end of the usage message produced by the Python click module?

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I have a question that's somewhat similar to this SO Q&A, however I want to add additional blank lines to an epilog at the end of the output generated by click.

I have the following code:

EPILOG='\n' + '-' * 20

 class SpecialEpilog(click.Group):
     def format_epilog(self, ctx, formatter):
         if self.epilog:
             formatter.write_paragraph()
             for line in self.epilog.split('\n'):
                 formatter.write_text(line)

 #------------------
 @click.group(cls=SpecialEpilog, epilog=EPILOG, invoke_without_command=True)
 def cli():
     """Wraps cloud.tenable.com Nessus API calls in useful ways

     \b
     The CLI provides access to these subcommands:
         - agent
         - os
         - vuln

     Each subcommand can perform useful API queries within their respective domain.
     """
     pass

 #------------------
 # main
 cli.add_command(os)
 cli.add_command(agent)
 cli.add_command(vuln)

This produces the following usage output:

Usage: nessus_query [OPTIONS] COMMAND [ARGS]...



  Wraps cloud.tenable.com Nessus API calls in useful ways

  The CLI provides access to these subcommands:
      - agent
      - os
      - vuln

  Each subcommand can perform useful API queries within their respective
  domain.

Options:
  --help  Show this message and exit.

Commands:
  agent  API calls focusing on assets' details - Works...
  os     API calls focusing on operating systems -...
  vuln   API calls focusing on vulnerabilities - Works...


--------------------
$ myprompt>

My question:

I cannot figure out a method which doesn't require printable characters. If I remove the dash sequence above, the newline characters (\n) no longer get displayed. In other words the above usage goes to this:

...
Commands:
  agent  API calls focusing on assets' details - Works...
  os     API calls focusing on operating systems -...
  vuln   API calls focusing on vulnerabilities - Works...
$ myprompt>
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