diff --git a/examples/common.cpp b/examples/common.cpp
index 553cec80c..9770f83fd 100644
--- a/examples/common.cpp
+++ b/examples/common.cpp
@@ -215,7 +215,7 @@ void gpt_print_usage(int /*argc*/, char ** argv, const gpt_params & params) {
     fprintf(stderr, "  --interactive-first   run in interactive mode and wait for input right away\n");
     fprintf(stderr, "  -ins, --instruct      run in instruction mode (use with Alpaca models)\n");
     fprintf(stderr, "  -r PROMPT, --reverse-prompt PROMPT\n");
-    fprintf(stderr, "                        run in interactive mode and poll user input upon seeing PROMPT");
+    fprintf(stderr, "                        run in interactive mode and poll user input upon seeing PROMPT\n");
     fprintf(stderr, "                        (can be specified more than once for multiple reverse prompts).\n");
     fprintf(stderr, "  --stop KEYWORD        a string that, when output by the model, will stop generation\n");
     fprintf(stderr, "                        (can be specified more than once for multiple keywords).\n");