diff --git a/src/main/java/me/totalfreedom/totalfreedommod/cmd/Command_kick.java b/src/main/java/me/totalfreedom/totalfreedommod/cmd/Command_kick.java
index 52f5cd807..58484ad0b 100644
--- a/src/main/java/me/totalfreedom/totalfreedommod/cmd/Command_kick.java
+++ b/src/main/java/me/totalfreedom/totalfreedommod/cmd/Command_kick.java
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ public void kick(CommandSender sender, Player player, @Greedy String reason, @Sw
 
         if (!silent)
         {
-            adminAction(sender, reason == null ? "<aqua>Kicking <player>" : "<aqua>Kicking <player> - Reason: <reason>",
+            adminAction(sender, reason == null ? "<red>Kicking <player>" : "<red>Kicking <player> - Reason: <reason>",
                     Placeholder.unparsed("player", player.getName()),
                     MessageUtils.parsed("reason", reason != null ? reason : ""));
 
diff --git a/src/main/java/me/totalfreedom/totalfreedommod/cmd/Command_lockup.java b/src/main/java/me/totalfreedom/totalfreedommod/cmd/Command_lockup.java
index 50a7e3c6f..26d2f7656 100644
--- a/src/main/java/me/totalfreedom/totalfreedommod/cmd/Command_lockup.java
+++ b/src/main/java/me/totalfreedom/totalfreedommod/cmd/Command_lockup.java
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ public class Command_lockup extends FCommand
     @Subcommand("all")
     public void lockAll(CommandSender sender)
     {
-        adminAction(sender, "<aqua>Locking up all players");
+        adminAction(sender, "<red>Locking up all players");
 
         server().getOnlinePlayers().forEach(this::startLockup);
 
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ public void toggle(CommandSender sender, String name, String state)
 
         if (state.equalsIgnoreCase("on"))
         {
-            adminAction(sender, "<aqua>Locking up <player>", Placeholder.unparsed("player", player.getName()));
+            adminAction(sender, "<red>Locking up <player>", Placeholder.unparsed("player", player.getName()));
             startLockup(player);
             msg(sender, "<gray>Locked up <player>.", Placeholder.unparsed("player", player.getName()));
         }
diff --git a/src/main/java/me/totalfreedom/totalfreedommod/cmd/Command_smite.java b/src/main/java/me/totalfreedom/totalfreedommod/cmd/Command_smite.java
index dbee5b43d..69ca37ffb 100644
--- a/src/main/java/me/totalfreedom/totalfreedommod/cmd/Command_smite.java
+++ b/src/main/java/me/totalfreedom/totalfreedommod/cmd/Command_smite.java
@@ -62,11 +62,10 @@ public void smite(CommandSender sender, Player player, @Greedy String reason)
 
         if (reason != null) 
             msg(
-                player, 
-                // We take advantage of the String blocks newline byte here because it's encoded by MiniMessage and preserved in display.
+                player,
                 """
-                    You have been smitten. 
-                    Reason: <yellow><reason>
+                    <red>You have been smitten.
+                    <red>Reason: <yellow><reason>\
                 """,
                 MessageUtils.parsed("reason", reason)
             );
diff --git a/src/main/java/me/totalfreedom/totalfreedommod/cmd/Command_stfu.java b/src/main/java/me/totalfreedom/totalfreedommod/cmd/Command_stfu.java
index c96dcbdcf..9c5c7452f 100644
--- a/src/main/java/me/totalfreedom/totalfreedommod/cmd/Command_stfu.java
+++ b/src/main/java/me/totalfreedom/totalfreedommod/cmd/Command_stfu.java
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ public void list(CommandSender sender)
     @Subcommand("purge")
     public void purge(CommandSender sender)
     {
-        adminAction(sender, "<aqua>Unmuting all players");
+        adminAction(sender, "<red>Unmuting all players");
 
         final List<FPlayer> players = server().getOnlinePlayers()
                                               .stream()
@@ -96,7 +96,7 @@ public void mutePlayerWithReason(CommandSender sender, Player player, @Greedy St
 
         if (fplayer.isMuted())
         {
-            adminAction(sender, "<aqua>Unmuting <player>", Placeholder.unparsed("player", player.getName()));
+            adminAction(sender, "<red>Unmuting <player>", Placeholder.unparsed("player", player.getName()));
             fplayer.setMuted(false);
             msg(player, "<green>You have been unmuted.");
         }
diff --git a/src/main/java/me/totalfreedom/totalfreedommod/cmd/MessageUtils.java b/src/main/java/me/totalfreedom/totalfreedommod/cmd/MessageUtils.java
index 434d074d9..8ccd4eb42 100644
--- a/src/main/java/me/totalfreedom/totalfreedommod/cmd/MessageUtils.java
+++ b/src/main/java/me/totalfreedom/totalfreedommod/cmd/MessageUtils.java
@@ -147,17 +147,22 @@ public static TagResolver joinedComponents(String key, List<Component> items)
     }
 
     /**
-     * Parses a MiniMessage string into a Component. 
+     * Parses a MiniMessage string into a Component.
      * Automatically escapes angle brackets that are not valid MiniMessage tags (e.g., <exp>, <user1>).
-     * 
+     * <p>
+     * Multi-line messages built with a Java text block ({@code """..."""}) keep their embedded
+     * newline bytes, which MiniMessage preserves and renders as line breaks in the output. To
+     * omit the newline before the closing {@code """} (e.g. when only using the text block for
+     * indentation), end the last line with a trailing {@code \}.
+     *
      * @param miniMessage MiniMessage string to be parsed
      * @return Parsed Component
      */
-    public static Component parse(String miniMessage) 
+    public static Component parse(String miniMessage)
     {
-        if (miniMessage == null) 
+        if (miniMessage == null)
             throw new IllegalArgumentException("MiniMessage string cannot be null");
-        
+
         final String escaped = escapeUnknownTags(miniMessage);
         return AdventureUtil.addLinks(MM.deserialize(escaped));
     }
@@ -166,12 +171,17 @@ public static Component parse(String miniMessage)
      * Parses a MiniMessage string with additional TagResolvers.
      * Automatically escapes angle brackets that are not valid MiniMessage tags (e.g., <exp>, <user1>).
      * Useful for including placeholders in the MiniMessage string.
-     * 
+     * <p>
+     * Multi-line messages built with a Java text block ({@code """..."""}) keep their embedded
+     * newline bytes, which MiniMessage preserves and renders as line breaks in the output. To
+     * omit the newline before the closing {@code """} (e.g. when only using the text block for
+     * indentation), end the last line with a trailing {@code \}.
+     *
      * @param miniMessage MiniMessage string to be parsed
      * @param resolvers Additional TagResolvers to resolve placeholders in the MiniMessage
      * @return Parsed Component with placeholders resolved
      */
-    public static Component parse(String miniMessage, TagResolver... resolvers) 
+    public static Component parse(String miniMessage, TagResolver... resolvers)
     {
         if (miniMessage == null)
             throw new IllegalArgumentException("MiniMessage string cannot be null");