diff --git a/lib/json_print.c b/lib/json_print.c
index e3da1bdf..b507b14b 100644
--- a/lib/json_print.c
+++ b/lib/json_print.c
@@ -89,9 +89,7 @@ void open_json_array(enum output_type type, const char *str)
 void close_json_array(enum output_type type, const char *str)
 {
 	if (_IS_JSON_CONTEXT(type)) {
-		jsonw_pretty(_jw, false);
 		jsonw_end_array(_jw);
-		jsonw_pretty(_jw, true);
 	} else if (_IS_FP_CONTEXT(type)) {
 		printf("%s", str);
 	}
diff --git a/lib/json_writer.c b/lib/json_writer.c
index f3eeaf7b..0d910dc0 100644
--- a/lib/json_writer.c
+++ b/lib/json_writer.c
@@ -180,10 +180,15 @@ void jsonw_end_object(json_writer_t *self)
 void jsonw_start_array(json_writer_t *self)
 {
 	jsonw_begin(self, '[');
+	if (self->pretty)
+		putc(' ', self->out);
 }
 
 void jsonw_end_array(json_writer_t *self)
 {
+	if (self->pretty && self->sep)
+		putc(' ', self->out);
+	self->sep = '\0';
 	jsonw_end(self, ']');
 }