diff --git a/Documentation/networking/netconsole.rst b/Documentation/networking/netconsole.rst
index b28c525e5d1e..d55c2a22ec7a 100644
--- a/Documentation/networking/netconsole.rst
+++ b/Documentation/networking/netconsole.rst
@@ -180,7 +180,7 @@ Custom user data can be appended to the end of messages with netconsole
 dynamic configuration enabled. User data entries can be modified without
 changing the "enabled" attribute of a target.
 
-Directories (keys) under `userdata` are limited to 54 character length, and
+Directories (keys) under `userdata` are limited to 53 character length, and
 data in `userdata/<key>/value` are limited to 200 bytes::
 
  cd /sys/kernel/config/netconsole && mkdir cmdline0
@@ -197,8 +197,8 @@ Messages will now include this additional user data::
 Sends::
 
  12,607,22085407756,-;This is a message
- foo=bar
- qux=baz
+  foo=bar
+  qux=baz
 
 Preview the userdata that will be appended with::
 
@@ -218,7 +218,7 @@ The `qux` key is omitted since it has no value::
 
  echo "This is a message" > /dev/kmsg
  12,607,22085407756,-;This is a message
- foo=bar
+  foo=bar
 
 Delete `userdata` entries with `rmdir`::
 
diff --git a/drivers/net/netconsole.c b/drivers/net/netconsole.c
index 0de108a1c0c8..d7070dd4fe73 100644
--- a/drivers/net/netconsole.c
+++ b/drivers/net/netconsole.c
@@ -42,12 +42,14 @@ MODULE_AUTHOR("Maintainer: Matt Mackall <mpm@selenic.com>");
 MODULE_DESCRIPTION("Console driver for network interfaces");
 MODULE_LICENSE("GPL");
 
-#define MAX_PARAM_LENGTH	256
-#define MAX_USERDATA_NAME_LENGTH	54
-#define MAX_USERDATA_VALUE_LENGTH	200
+#define MAX_PARAM_LENGTH		256
 #define MAX_USERDATA_ENTRY_LENGTH	256
+#define MAX_USERDATA_VALUE_LENGTH	200
+/* The number 3 comes from userdata entry format characters (' ', '=', '\n') */
+#define MAX_USERDATA_NAME_LENGTH	(MAX_USERDATA_ENTRY_LENGTH - \
+					MAX_USERDATA_VALUE_LENGTH - 3)
 #define MAX_USERDATA_ITEMS		16
-#define MAX_PRINT_CHUNK		1000
+#define MAX_PRINT_CHUNK			1000
 
 static char config[MAX_PARAM_LENGTH];
 module_param_string(netconsole, config, MAX_PARAM_LENGTH, 0);
@@ -671,7 +673,7 @@ static void update_userdata(struct netconsole_target *nt)
 		 * checked to not exceed MAX items with child_count above
 		 */
 		complete_idx += scnprintf(&nt->userdata_complete[complete_idx],
-					  MAX_USERDATA_ENTRY_LENGTH, "%s=%s\n",
+					  MAX_USERDATA_ENTRY_LENGTH, " %s=%s\n",
 					  item->ci_name, udm_item->value);
 	}
 	nt->userdata_length = strnlen(nt->userdata_complete,