diff --git a/docs/4-implementation/agent-tools/forge.md b/docs/4-implementation/agent-tools/forge.md
index d03829f09..0b4615d64 100644
--- a/docs/4-implementation/agent-tools/forge.md
+++ b/docs/4-implementation/agent-tools/forge.md
@@ -83,7 +83,7 @@ hive-forge pr timeline 42                  # review rows list their line comment
 hive-forge pr reviews 42 --approve         # submit APPROVED review
 hive-forge pr reviews 42 --request-changes -m "msg"  # submit REQUEST_CHANGES review
 hive-forge pr reviews 42 --comment -m "msg"  # submit COMMENT review
-hive-forge pr reviews 42 --request-changes -m "msg" --at src/a.rs:12 "off by one" --at src/b.rs:3 "why?"  # one review carrying line comments; LINE is the new-file line `pr diff --numbered` prints
+hive-forge pr reviews 42 --request-changes -m "msg" --at src/a.rs:12 "off by one" --at src/b.rs:3 "why?"  # one review carrying line comments; LINE is the new-file line `pr diff --numbered` prints; the text of `--at` and `-m` may start with a hyphen (a markdown bullet)
 hive-forge pr assign-reviewer 42 argus      # set argus as a requested reviewer on the PR
 hive-forge pr assign-reviewer 42 argus --remove  # withdraw the request; fails if argus is still listed afterwards (a reviewer who already reviewed stays listed)
 hive-forge pr assign-committer 42 damocles  # add damocles to the PR's assignee list
diff --git a/hive-forge/src/verbs/pr_reviews.rs b/hive-forge/src/verbs/pr_reviews.rs
index 833ff3ee2..5c8daca41 100644
--- a/hive-forge/src/verbs/pr_reviews.rs
+++ b/hive-forge/src/verbs/pr_reviews.rs
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ pub struct Args {
 
     /// Optional body / message for the review (used with --approve,
     /// --request-changes, or --comment).
-    #[arg(long, short = 'm')]
+    #[arg(long, short = 'm', allow_hyphen_values = true)]
     body: Option<String>,
 
     /// An inline comment on a line of the new file: `--at path:LINE "text"`.
@@ -40,6 +40,7 @@ pub struct Args {
     #[arg(
         long,
         num_args = 2,
+        allow_hyphen_values = true,
         value_names = ["PATH:LINE", "TEXT"],
         action = clap::ArgAction::Append,
         conflicts_with = "only",
@@ -398,6 +399,38 @@ mod tests {
             .collect()
     }
 
+    /// `Args` parsed the way the binary does, from `pr reviews`'s own argv.
+    fn parse(argv: &[&str]) -> Args {
+        #[derive(clap::Parser)]
+        struct Cli {
+            #[command(flatten)]
+            args: Args,
+        }
+        use clap::Parser as _;
+        Cli::try_parse_from(std::iter::once("reviews").chain(argv.iter().copied()))
+            .unwrap_or_else(|e| panic!("{argv:?}: {e}"))
+            .args
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn a_comment_or_body_may_start_with_a_hyphen() {
+        // A markdown bullet is a natural way to start a finding.
+        let got = parse(&[
+            "7",
+            "--comment",
+            "-m",
+            "- summary",
+            "--at",
+            "a.rs:1",
+            "- first",
+            "--at",
+            "b.rs:2",
+            "second",
+        ]);
+        assert_eq!(got.body.as_deref(), Some("- summary"));
+        assert_eq!(got.at, ["a.rs:1", "- first", "b.rs:2", "second"]);
+    }
+
     #[test]
     fn at_pairs_become_new_file_line_comments() {
         let got = parse_inline_comments(&at(&[