diff --git a/lib/view.js b/lib/view.js
index 0e93fe81ae808..b8c22cd6a1274 100644
--- a/lib/view.js
+++ b/lib/view.js
@@ -407,8 +407,8 @@ async function printData (data, name, opts) {
   // we may have partial lines printed.
   log.disableProgress()
 
-  // print directly to stdout to not unnecessarily add blank lines
-  console.log(msg.trim())
+  // only log if there is something to log
+  if (msg !== '') console.log(msg.trim())
 }
 
 function cleanup (data) {
diff --git a/test/lib/view.js b/test/lib/view.js
index bd4876e14c417..9053d1a6473c2 100644
--- a/test/lib/view.js
+++ b/test/lib/view.js
@@ -332,7 +332,7 @@ t.test('should log package info', t => {
 
   t.test('package with --json and no versions', t => {
     viewJson(['brown'], () => {
-      t.equals(logs, '\n', 'no info to display')
+      t.equals(logs, '', 'no info to display')
       t.end()
     })
   })
@@ -446,7 +446,7 @@ t.test('should log info by field name', t => {
 
   t.test('unknown nested field ', t => {
     view(['yellow@1.0.0', 'dist.foobar'], () => {
-      t.equals(logs, '\n', 'no info to display')
+      t.equals(logs, '', 'no info to display')
       t.end()
     })
   })