diff --git a/man/epubgrep.1.adoc b/man/epubgrep.1.adoc
index c07fb31..2ca3fd3 100644
--- a/man/epubgrep.1.adoc
+++ b/man/epubgrep.1.adoc
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 :doctype:       manpage
 :Author:        tastytea
 :Email:         tastytea@tastytea.de
-:Date:          2021-05-29
+:Date:          2021-05-30
 :Revision:      0.0.0
 :man source:    epubgrep
 :man manual:    General Commands Manual
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ all files will be read (not just the text documents listed in the spine).
 Print _NUMBER_ words of context around matches.
 
 *--nocolor*::
-Do not color matches.
+Turn off colors and other decorations.
 
 *--no-filename* _WHICH_::
 
diff --git a/src/options.cpp b/src/options.cpp
index 1670631..4527c8b 100644
--- a/src/options.cpp
+++ b/src/options.cpp
@@ -74,7 +74,8 @@ options parse_options(int argc, char *argv[])
          ->value_name(translate("NUMBER"))->default_value(0),
          translate("Print NUMBER words of context around matches.")
          .str().data())
-        ("nocolor", translate("Do not color matches.") .str().data())
+        ("nocolor", translate("Turn off colors and other decorations.")
+         .str().data())
         ("no-filename",po::value<std::string>()->value_name(translate("WHICH")),
          translate("Suppress the mentioning of file names on output. "
                    "WHICH is ‘filesystem’, ‘in-epub’ or ‘all’.").str().data())
diff --git a/src/output.cpp b/src/output.cpp
index eec740f..e2c14f6 100644
--- a/src/output.cpp
+++ b/src/output.cpp
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@
 #include <termcolor/termcolor.hpp>
 
 #include <iostream>
+#include <sstream>
 
 namespace epubgrep::output
 {
@@ -61,12 +62,27 @@ void print_matches(const std::vector<search::match> &matches,
         }
         if (!match.headline.empty())
         {
-            metadata.emplace_back(match.headline);
+            // <https://github.com/ikalnytskyi/termcolor/issues/45>
+            if (!opts.nocolor && termcolor::_internal::is_colorized(cout))
+            {
+                std::stringstream ss;
+                ss << termcolor::colorize << termcolor::underline
+                   << match.headline << termcolor::reset << termcolor::italic;
+                metadata.emplace_back(ss.str());
+            }
+            else
+            {
+                metadata.emplace_back(match.headline);
+            }
         }
         if (!match.page.empty())
         {
             metadata.emplace_back("page " + match.page);
         }
+        if (!opts.nocolor)
+        {
+            cout << termcolor::italic;
+        }
         for (const auto &part : metadata)
         {
             cout << part;
@@ -75,7 +91,12 @@ void print_matches(const std::vector<search::match> &matches,
                 cout << ", ";
             }
         }
-        cout << ": " << match.context.first;
+        cout << ": ";
+        if (!opts.nocolor)
+        {
+            cout << termcolor::reset;
+        }
+        cout << match.context.first;
         if (!opts.nocolor)
         {
             cout << termcolor::bright_magenta;