diff --git a/cmd_debug.c b/cmd_debug.c
index 33c4a1b1..04afea13 100644
--- a/cmd_debug.c
+++ b/cmd_debug.c
@@ -664,8 +664,9 @@ int cmd_list_journal(int argc, char *argv[])
 			 * log entries denote the start of a new transaction
 			 * commit:
 			 */
-			pr_indent_push(&buf,
-				entry->type == BCH_JSET_ENTRY_log ? 2 : 4);
+			if (entry->type == BCH_JSET_ENTRY_log)
+				pr_newline(&buf);
+			pr_indent_push(&buf, 4);
 			bch2_journal_entry_to_text(&buf, c, entry);
 
 			if (blacklisted)