diff --git a/tools/virsh-domain.c b/tools/virsh-domain.c
index 9c496b90dd..fc77f162f0 100644
--- a/tools/virsh-domain.c
+++ b/tools/virsh-domain.c
@@ -8972,6 +8972,7 @@ cmdQemuMonitorCommand(vshControl *ctl, const vshCmd *cmd)
         if (pretty && (tmp = virJSONValueToString(pretty, true))) {
             VIR_FREE(result);
             result = tmp;
+            virTrimSpaces(result, NULL);
         } else {
             vshResetLibvirtError();
         }