diff --git a/staging/src/k8s.io/kubectl/pkg/describe/describe.go b/staging/src/k8s.io/kubectl/pkg/describe/describe.go
index d2fdb317228..d0f14d42c0b 100644
--- a/staging/src/k8s.io/kubectl/pkg/describe/describe.go
+++ b/staging/src/k8s.io/kubectl/pkg/describe/describe.go
@@ -4471,6 +4471,7 @@ func (d *ConfigMapDescriber) Describe(namespace, name string, describerSettings
 		for k, v := range configMap.Data {
 			w.Write(LEVEL_0, "%s:\n----\n", k)
 			w.Write(LEVEL_0, "%s\n", string(v))
+			w.Write(LEVEL_0, "\n")
 		}
 		w.Write(LEVEL_0, "\nBinaryData\n====\n")
 		for k, v := range configMap.BinaryData {