diff --git a/modutils/lsmod.c b/modutils/lsmod.c
index 95eeaa52f..df4b3c16b 100644
--- a/modutils/lsmod.c
+++ b/modutils/lsmod.c
@@ -147,24 +147,24 @@ extern int lsmod_main(int argc, char **argv)
 			}
 			perror_msg_and_die("module %s: QM_REFS", mn);
 		}
-		printf("%-20s%8lu%4ld ", mn, info.size, info.usecount);
+		printf("%-20s%8lu%4ld", mn, info.size, info.usecount);
 		if (info.flags & NEW_MOD_DELETED)
-			printf("(deleted)");
+			printf(" (deleted)");
 		else if (info.flags & NEW_MOD_INITIALIZING)
-			printf("(initializing)");
+			printf(" (initializing)");
 		else if (!(info.flags & NEW_MOD_RUNNING))
-			printf("(uninitialized)");
+			printf(" (uninitialized)");
 		else {
 			if (info.flags & NEW_MOD_AUTOCLEAN)
-				printf("(autoclean) ");
+				printf(" (autoclean) ");
 			if (!(info.flags & NEW_MOD_USED_ONCE))
-				printf("(unused)");
+				printf(" (unused)");
 		}
-		if (count) printf("[");
+		if (count) printf(" [");
 		for (j = 0, dn = deps; j < count; dn += strlen(dn) + 1, j++) {
 			printf("%s%s", dn, (j==count-1)? "":" ");
 		}
-		if (count) printf("] ");
+		if (count) printf("]");
 
 		printf("\n");
 	}