watch perldoc output preserving formatting

When I use watch to follow a perlpod documentation i am writing, the formatting gets mangeled (see NAME and Synopsis sections): Every 2,0s: perldoc lib/Uki/Handlers/SOS.pm Tue Apr 8 10:42:43 2014 Uki::Handlers::SOS(3) User Contributed Perl DocumentationUki::Handlers::SOS(3) N NA AM ME E Uki::Handlers::SOS - Studenten-Handler S Sy yn no op ps si is s SOS-spezifische Spezialisierung des Uki::Handlers::Person-Handlers. I think this is due to nroff thinking the output terminal is not a TTY, but I don't know how to tell it that, infact, it _is_ a TTY.