diff --git a/solr/core/src/java/org/apache/solr/response/JSONResponseWriter.java b/solr/core/src/java/org/apache/solr/response/JSONResponseWriter.java
index ab2cfb8ab27..847c16d724f 100644
--- a/solr/core/src/java/org/apache/solr/response/JSONResponseWriter.java
+++ b/solr/core/src/java/org/apache/solr/response/JSONResponseWriter.java
@@ -92,6 +92,7 @@ class JSONWriter extends TextResponseWriter {
     if(wrapperFunction!=null) {
         writer.write(')');
     }
+    if (doIndent) writer.write('\n');  // ending with a newline looks much better from the command line
   }
 
   protected void writeKey(String fname, boolean needsEscaping) throws IOException {
diff --git a/solr/example/solr/conf/solrconfig.xml b/solr/example/solr/conf/solrconfig.xml
index ff7c0711755..669233ddf6e 100755
--- a/solr/example/solr/conf/solrconfig.xml
+++ b/solr/example/solr/conf/solrconfig.xml
@@ -933,9 +933,13 @@
   <!-- JSON Update Request Handler
        http://wiki.apache.org/solr/UpdateJSON
     -->
-  <requestHandler name="/update/json" 
-                  class="solr.JsonUpdateRequestHandler" 
-                  startup="lazy" />
+  <requestHandler name="/update/json" class="solr.JsonUpdateRequestHandler" startup="lazy">
+     <lst name="defaults">
+       <str name="wt">json</str>
+       <str name="indent">true</str>
+     </lst>
+  </requestHandler>
+ 
 
   <!-- Solr Cell Update Request Handler