diff --git a/Documentation/admin-guide/dynamic-debug-howto.rst b/Documentation/admin-guide/dynamic-debug-howto.rst
index 095a63892257..4b14d9fd0300 100644
--- a/Documentation/admin-guide/dynamic-debug-howto.rst
+++ b/Documentation/admin-guide/dynamic-debug-howto.rst
@@ -38,12 +38,12 @@ You can view the currently configured behaviour in the *prdbg* catalog::
 
   :#> head -n7 /proc/dynamic_debug/control
   # filename:lineno [module]function flags format
-  init/main.c:1179 [main]initcall_blacklist =_ "blacklisting initcall %s\012
-  init/main.c:1218 [main]initcall_blacklisted =_ "initcall %s blacklisted\012"
-  init/main.c:1424 [main]run_init_process =_ "  with arguments:\012"
-  init/main.c:1426 [main]run_init_process =_ "    %s\012"
-  init/main.c:1427 [main]run_init_process =_ "  with environment:\012"
-  init/main.c:1429 [main]run_init_process =_ "    %s\012"
+  init/main.c:1179 [main]initcall_blacklist =_ "blacklisting initcall %s\n"
+  init/main.c:1218 [main]initcall_blacklisted =_ "initcall %s blacklisted\n"
+  init/main.c:1424 [main]run_init_process =_ "  with arguments:\n"
+  init/main.c:1426 [main]run_init_process =_ "    %s\n"
+  init/main.c:1427 [main]run_init_process =_ "  with environment:\n"
+  init/main.c:1429 [main]run_init_process =_ "    %s\n"
 
 The 3rd space-delimited column shows the current flags, preceded by
 a ``=`` for easy use with grep/cut. ``=p`` shows enabled callsites.
@@ -59,10 +59,10 @@ query/commands to the control file.  Example::
 
   :#> ddcmd '-p; module main func run* +p'
   :#> grep =p /proc/dynamic_debug/control
-  init/main.c:1424 [main]run_init_process =p "  with arguments:\012"
-  init/main.c:1426 [main]run_init_process =p "    %s\012"
-  init/main.c:1427 [main]run_init_process =p "  with environment:\012"
-  init/main.c:1429 [main]run_init_process =p "    %s\012"
+  init/main.c:1424 [main]run_init_process =p "  with arguments:\n"
+  init/main.c:1426 [main]run_init_process =p "    %s\n"
+  init/main.c:1427 [main]run_init_process =p "  with environment:\n"
+  init/main.c:1429 [main]run_init_process =p "    %s\n"
 
 Error messages go to console/syslog::