diff --git a/tests/qemucapsprobemock.c b/tests/qemucapsprobemock.c
index 5936975505..049b16273a 100644
--- a/tests/qemucapsprobemock.c
+++ b/tests/qemucapsprobemock.c
@@ -76,6 +76,7 @@ qemuMonitorSend(qemuMonitorPtr mon,
         printLineSkipEmpty("\n", stdout);
 
     printLineSkipEmpty(reformatted, stdout);
+    printLineSkipEmpty("\n", stdout);
     VIR_FREE(reformatted);
 
     return realQemuMonitorSend(mon, msg);
@@ -116,6 +117,7 @@ qemuMonitorJSONIOProcessLine(qemuMonitorPtr mon,
             printLineSkipEmpty("\n", stdout);
 
         printLineSkipEmpty(json, stdout);
+        printLineSkipEmpty("\n", stdout);
     }
 
  cleanup: