diff --git a/qemu-options.hx b/qemu-options.hx
index b8cc3750c07f3260274a9ba8eb79cd5f5e56066a..ecd50ebe6fe130c35a2d33a1f4410b259cb49cbd 100644
--- a/qemu-options.hx
+++ b/qemu-options.hx
@@ -1936,4 +1936,4 @@ DEF("readconfig", HAS_ARG, QEMU_OPTION_readconfig,
     "-readconfig <file>\n")
 DEF("writeconfig", HAS_ARG, QEMU_OPTION_writeconfig,
     "-writeconfig <file>\n"
-    "                read/write config file")
+    "                read/write config file\n")