diff --git a/clippy_config/src/metadata.rs b/clippy_config/src/metadata.rs
index 400887185e8..8e78aee9d2e 100644
--- a/clippy_config/src/metadata.rs
+++ b/clippy_config/src/metadata.rs
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ impl fmt::Display for ClippyConfiguration {
     fn fmt(&self, f: &mut fmt::Formatter<'_>) -> fmt::Result {
         write!(f, "- `{}`: {}", self.name, self.doc)?;
         if !self.default.is_empty() {
-            write!(f, " (default: `{}`)", self.default)?;
+            write!(f, "\n\n(default: `{}`)", self.default)?;
         }
         Ok(())
     }
diff --git a/clippy_lints/src/utils/internal_lints/metadata_collector.rs b/clippy_lints/src/utils/internal_lints/metadata_collector.rs
index 1c149f20456..54cab716fbd 100644
--- a/clippy_lints/src/utils/internal_lints/metadata_collector.rs
+++ b/clippy_lints/src/utils/internal_lints/metadata_collector.rs
@@ -167,7 +167,7 @@ fn get_lint_configs(&self, lint_name: &str) -> Option<String> {
             .iter()
             .filter(|config| config.lints.iter().any(|lint| lint == lint_name))
             .map(ToString::to_string)
-            .reduce(|acc, x| acc + &x)
+            .reduce(|acc, x| acc + "\n\n" + &x)
             .map(|configurations| {
                 format!(
                     r#"