diff --git a/nixd/lib/Controller/Hover.cpp b/nixd/lib/Controller/Hover.cpp
index 725acd438..64f5656fa 100644
--- a/nixd/lib/Controller/Hover.cpp
+++ b/nixd/lib/Controller/Hover.cpp
@@ -164,7 +164,7 @@ void Controller::onHover(const TextDocumentPositionParams &Params,
                   Docs += "? (missing type)";
                 }
                 if (Desc->Description) {
-                  Docs += "\n" + Desc->Description.value_or("");
+                  Docs += "\n\n" + Desc->Description.value_or("");
                 }
                 Reply(Hover{
                     .contents =
diff --git a/nixd/tools/nixd/test/hover-options.md b/nixd/tools/nixd/test/hover-options.md
index 35583a333..87e99ec00 100644
--- a/nixd/tools/nixd/test/hover-options.md
+++ b/nixd/tools/nixd/test/hover-options.md
@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@ CHECK-NEXT:  "jsonrpc": "2.0",
 CHECK-NEXT:  "result": {
 CHECK-NEXT:    "contents": {
 CHECK-NEXT:      "kind": "markdown",
-CHECK-NEXT:      "value": " (hello type)\ntest"
+CHECK-NEXT:      "value": " (hello type)\n\ntest"
 CHECK-NEXT:    },
 CHECK-NEXT:    "range": {
 CHECK-NEXT:      "end": {