diff --git a/changelogs/fragments/cli-space-after-help-text.yml b/changelogs/fragments/cli-space-after-help-text.yml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..cb6fb76ebaf
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changelogs/fragments/cli-space-after-help-text.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+minor_changes:
+  - cli scripts - remove trailing blank space in help after newline when outputting.
diff --git a/lib/ansible/cli/__init__.py b/lib/ansible/cli/__init__.py
index 112d892da4e..7e001c981c6 100644
--- a/lib/ansible/cli/__init__.py
+++ b/lib/ansible/cli/__init__.py
@@ -375,7 +375,7 @@ class CLI(with_metaclass(ABCMeta, object)):
             options = self.parser.parse_args(self.args[1:])
         except SystemExit as e:
             if(e.code != 0):
-                self.parser.exit(status=2, message=" \n%s " % self.parser.format_help())
+                self.parser.exit(status=2, message=" \n%s" % self.parser.format_help())
             raise
         options = self.post_process_args(options)
         context._init_global_context(options)