diff --git a/CHANGELIST b/CHANGELIST
index 652a54c..c35106b 100644
--- a/CHANGELIST
+++ b/CHANGELIST
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+1.0.9 added CR/LF after --check-health message output to make CLI usage cleaner looking
+
 1.0.8 added --version checking in sanoid and syncoid
 
 1.0.7 got rid of unnecessary sudo commands in sanoid's --monitor-health
diff --git a/VERSION b/VERSION
index b0f3d96..66c4c22 100644
--- a/VERSION
+++ b/VERSION
@@ -1 +1 @@
-1.0.8
+1.0.9
diff --git a/sanoid b/sanoid
index a2e9dc9..5e2c9e4 100755
--- a/sanoid
+++ b/sanoid
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 # from http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-3.0.html on 2014-11-17.  A copy should also be available in this
 # project's Git repository at https://github.com/jimsalterjrs/sanoid/blob/master/LICENSE.
 
-my $version = '1.0.8';
+my $version = '1.0.9';
 
 use strict;
 use Config::IniFiles;   # read samba-style conf file
@@ -75,7 +75,7 @@ sub monitor_health() {
 
 	my @warninglevels = ('','*** WARNING *** ','*** CRITICAL *** ');
 	my $message = $warninglevels[$errlevel] . join (', ',@messages);
-	print $message;
+	print "$message\n";
 	exit $errlevel;
 
 } # end monitor_health()