diff --git a/src/core/string.c b/src/core/string.c
index b3b90ccd..71558258 100644
--- a/src/core/string.c
+++ b/src/core/string.c
@@ -549,8 +549,8 @@ JANET_CORE_FN(cfun_string_format,
               "- `a`, `A`: floating point number, formatted as a hexadecimal number.\n"
               "- `s`: formatted as a string, precision indicates padding and maximum length.\n"
               "- `t`: emit the type of the given value.\n"
-              "- `v`: format with (describe x)"
-              "- `V`: format with (string x)"
+              "- `v`: format with (describe x)\n"
+              "- `V`: format with (string x)\n"
               "- `j`: format to jdn (Janet data notation).\n"
               "\n"
               "The following conversion specifiers are used for \"pretty-printing\", where the upper-case "