diff --git a/gcc/gcov.c b/gcc/gcov.c
index c60f5112d2c..99c52f6a318 100644
--- a/gcc/gcov.c
+++ b/gcc/gcov.c
@@ -898,7 +898,8 @@ print_usage (int error_p)
   fnotice (file, "  -d, --display-progress          Display progress information\n");
   fnotice (file, "  -f, --function-summaries        Output summaries for each function\n");
   fnotice (file, "  -h, --help                      Print this help, then exit\n");
-  fnotice (file, "  -j, --json-format               Output JSON intermediate format into .gcov.json.gz file\n");
+  fnotice (file, "  -j, --json-format               Output JSON intermediate format \n\
+                                    into .gcov.json.gz file\n");
   fnotice (file, "  -H, --human-readable            Output human readable numbers\n");
   fnotice (file, "  -k, --use-colors                Emit colored output\n");
   fnotice (file, "  -l, --long-file-names           Use long output file names for included\n\