diff --git a/tools/perf/perf.c b/tools/perf/perf.c
index f3c66b81c6bee9b2cb57e2c36939df8bf533d090..3df2665022bef0db98455a9f31ad24ec0ea5b314 100644
--- a/tools/perf/perf.c
+++ b/tools/perf/perf.c
@@ -223,6 +223,7 @@ static int handle_options(const char ***argv, int *argc, int *envchanged)
 				struct cmd_struct *p = commands+i;
 				printf("%s ", p->cmd);
 			}
+			putchar('\n');
 			exit(0);
 		} else if (!strcmp(cmd, "--debug")) {
 			if (*argc < 2) {
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/parse-options.c b/tools/perf/util/parse-options.c
index 4ee9a86705ed3a84d02dda86ff20e1099078c853..b0ef2d813d2f6bacb6bf683293cbab06b1ccaf60 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/parse-options.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/parse-options.c
@@ -508,12 +508,14 @@ int parse_options_subcommand(int argc, const char **argv, const struct option *o
 			printf("--%s ", options->long_name);
 			options++;
 		}
+		putchar('\n');
 		exit(130);
 	case PARSE_OPT_LIST_SUBCMDS:
 		if (subcommands) {
 			for (int i = 0; subcommands[i]; i++)
 				printf("%s ", subcommands[i]);
 		}
+		putchar('\n');
 		exit(130);
 	default: /* PARSE_OPT_UNKNOWN */
 		if (ctx.argv[0][1] == '-') {