diff --git a/src/utils/pacat.c b/src/utils/pacat.c
index 21e17e011..0de67bacf 100644
--- a/src/utils/pacat.c
+++ b/src/utils/pacat.c
@@ -681,7 +681,7 @@ static void help(const char *argv0) {
              "  -p, --playback                        Create a connection for playback\n\n"
              "  -v, --verbose                         Enable verbose operations\n\n"
              "  -s, --server=SERVER                   The name of the server to connect to\n"
-             "  -d, --device=DEVICE                   The name of the sink/source to connect to.
+             "  -d, --device=DEVICE                   The name of the sink/source to connect to.\n"
              "                                        The special names @DEFAULT_SINK@, @DEFAULT_SOURCE@ and\n"
              "                                        @DEFAULT_MONITOR@ can be used to specify the default sink,\n"
              "                                        source and monitor respectively.\n"