diff --git a/src/editor.rs b/src/editor.rs
index 69b74e4824ffae3b45471d7e4f864a62f3fa1b59..2532b435d7eeb09c8be40cd714e26e2b7dd03e7f 100644
--- a/src/editor.rs
+++ b/src/editor.rs
@@ -989,6 +989,9 @@ impl<'a, W: Write> Editor<'a, W> {
 
             if !self.no_newline {
                 output_buf.append("⏎".as_bytes());
+                for _ in 0..(terminal_width - 1) {
+                    output_buf.push(b' '); // if the line is not empty, owerflow on next line
+                }
             }
 
             output_buf.push(b'\r');