diff --git a/src/launch-appliance.c b/src/launch-appliance.c
index 6b142e6fd..f0278ce06 100644
--- a/src/launch-appliance.c
+++ b/src/launch-appliance.c
@@ -770,6 +770,8 @@ print_qemu_command_line (guestfs_h *g, char **argv)
     if (needs_quote) fputc ('\'', stderr);
     i++;
   }
+
+  fputc ('\n', stderr);
 }
 
 static void parse_qemu_version (guestfs_h *g);