diff --git a/tools/spi/spidev_test.c b/tools/spi/spidev_test.c
index 8c590cd1171a..4c12e6aea5d5 100644
--- a/tools/spi/spidev_test.c
+++ b/tools/spi/spidev_test.c
@@ -73,12 +73,12 @@ static void hex_dump(const void *src, size_t length, size_t line_size,
 				while (i++ % line_size)
 					printf("__ ");
 			}
-			printf(" | ");  /* right close */
+			printf(" |");
 			while (line < address) {
 				c = *line++;
-				printf("%c", (c < 33 || c == 255) ? 0x2E : c);
+				printf("%c", (c < 32 || c > 126) ? '.' : c);
 			}
-			printf("\n");
+			printf("|\n");
 			if (length > 0)
 				printf("%s | ", prefix);
 		}