diff --git a/monad.cpp b/monad.cpp
index 81fe55bc91a752d112134fab9688ac454003b953..48fa6e3ad4c35e0f8f63eac49a63d754d7adaeec 100755
--- a/monad.cpp
+++ b/monad.cpp
@@ -301,7 +301,6 @@ void monad::printHelp()
 	     << "; The 'testutil' library in this directory is also available" << endl
 	     << "EasyBMP" << endl
 	     << endl;
-
 }
 
 
diff --git a/monad_shared.cpp b/monad_shared.cpp
index 6a853b2d013cfe846241b1652d3a6f2e5800ac7e..fe7ce823a72d7cfa6bc0cb3b3f424e4641cc2b62 100755
--- a/monad_shared.cpp
+++ b/monad_shared.cpp
@@ -22,14 +22,16 @@ const char * unit_test::pass_string = "~~PASSED~~";
 
 void printInfo()
 {
-	cout << version::official_name << endl
+	cout << endl
+	     << version::official_name << endl
 	     << "Version " << version::version_name << endl
 		 << "Released " << version::date << endl
 	     << "Developed by Jack Toole Spring/Fall 2011" << endl
 	     << "Copyright 2011 Jack Toole" << endl
 	     << "Full rights granted to Jack Toole. Rights to use and modify granted to" << endl
 	     << "University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign Computer Science Data Structures" << endl
-	     << "instructors and course staff" << endl;
+	     << "instructors and course staff" << endl
+		 << endl;
 }