diff --git a/binutils/ChangeLog b/binutils/ChangeLog
index 8c12a495c55..254be5e59ce 100644
--- a/binutils/ChangeLog
+++ b/binutils/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,10 @@
+2017-07-11  Andreas Schwab  <schwab@suse.de>
+
+	* readelf.c (process_note): Print newline after description data
+	in narrow mode.
+	(print_core_note): Print newline if nothing was printed in wide
+	mode.
+
 2017-07-09  Rafael Fontenelle <rafaelff@gnome.org>
 
 	* dwarf.c (display_formatted_table): Fix error message typo.
diff --git a/binutils/readelf.c b/binutils/readelf.c
index c9c11a39939..362c204bcbc 100644
--- a/binutils/readelf.c
+++ b/binutils/readelf.c
@@ -16217,7 +16217,11 @@ print_core_note (Elf_Internal_Note *pnote)
   unsigned char *descdata, *filenames, *descend;
 
   if (pnote->type != NT_FILE)
-    return TRUE;
+    {
+      if (do_wide)
+	printf ("\n");
+      return TRUE;
+    }
 
 #ifndef BFD64
   if (!is_32bit_elf)
@@ -17497,6 +17501,8 @@ process_note (Elf_Internal_Note *  pnote,
       printf (_("   description data: "));
       for (i = 0; i < pnote->descsz; i++)
 	printf ("%02x ", pnote->descdata[i]);
+      if (!do_wide)
+	printf ("\n");
     }
 
   if (do_wide)