diff --git a/plugins/inputs/exec/README.md b/plugins/inputs/exec/README.md
index 345677f92..97ed70a6c 100644
--- a/plugins/inputs/exec/README.md
+++ b/plugins/inputs/exec/README.md
@@ -165,7 +165,9 @@ metric_path value timestamp\n
 ```
 
 __metric_path__ is the metric namespace that you want to populate.
+
 __value__ is the value that you want to assign to the metric at this time.
+
 __timestamp__ is the unix epoch time.
 
 And test.sh/test2.sh will output: