diff --git a/bsd-user/main.c b/bsd-user/main.c
index 4fd7b6396d..714a692e6f 100644
--- a/bsd-user/main.c
+++ b/bsd-user/main.c
@@ -651,7 +651,7 @@ void cpu_loop(CPUSPARCState *env)
 static void usage(void)
 {
     printf("qemu-" TARGET_NAME " version " QEMU_VERSION QEMU_PKGVERSION
-           ", " QEMU_COPYRIGHT "\n"
+           "\n" QEMU_COPYRIGHT "\n"
            "usage: qemu-" TARGET_NAME " [options] program [arguments...]\n"
            "BSD CPU emulator (compiled for %s emulation)\n"
            "\n"
diff --git a/linux-user/main.c b/linux-user/main.c
index 18d5a62a16..c6f2e20c09 100644
--- a/linux-user/main.c
+++ b/linux-user/main.c
@@ -3956,7 +3956,7 @@ static void handle_arg_strace(const char *arg)
 static void handle_arg_version(const char *arg)
 {
     printf("qemu-" TARGET_NAME " version " QEMU_VERSION QEMU_PKGVERSION
-           ", " QEMU_COPYRIGHT "\n");
+           "\n" QEMU_COPYRIGHT "\n");
     exit(EXIT_SUCCESS);
 }
 
diff --git a/qemu-img.c b/qemu-img.c
index 02c07b913d..67e851248a 100644
--- a/qemu-img.c
+++ b/qemu-img.c
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@
 #include <getopt.h>
 
 #define QEMU_IMG_VERSION "qemu-img version " QEMU_VERSION QEMU_PKGVERSION \
-                          ", " QEMU_COPYRIGHT "\n"
+                          "\n" QEMU_COPYRIGHT "\n"
 
 typedef struct img_cmd_t {
     const char *name;
diff --git a/vl.c b/vl.c
index ebd47af6cd..2e152acbc7 100644
--- a/vl.c
+++ b/vl.c
@@ -1958,7 +1958,7 @@ static void main_loop(void)
 
 static void version(void)
 {
-    printf("QEMU emulator version " QEMU_VERSION QEMU_PKGVERSION ", "
+    printf("QEMU emulator version " QEMU_VERSION QEMU_PKGVERSION "\n"
            QEMU_COPYRIGHT "\n");
 }