diff --git a/hyptop/hyptop.8 b/hyptop/hyptop.8
index 75e63dd6..c36113e6 100644
--- a/hyptop/hyptop.8
+++ b/hyptop/hyptop.8
@@ -96,6 +96,17 @@ with an ASCII Record Separator character (0x1e) and suffixed with an ASCII Line
 Feed character (0x0a) in accordance with RFC7464.
 .BR
 
+See section "OUTPUT FORMAT" for more details.
+.BR
+.PP
+.IP \(bu 3
+.B jsonl:
+Line-delimited JSON data structures
+
+Data for each iteration is formatted as a separate JSON data structure
+separated by ASCII Line Feed character (0x0a, LF).
+.BR
+
 See section "OUTPUT FORMAT" for more details.
 .BR
 .PP
@@ -458,6 +469,14 @@ Subsequent objects each represent performance data for one iteration
 .br
 .PP
 
+.SS jsonl
+
+The jsonl output format is a data streaming variation of the JSON output format
+described above with the same properties as the json\-seq output with the
+difference that JSON data is separated only by an ASCII Line Feed character
+(0x0a, LF).
+
+
 .SH EXAMPLES
 To start hyptop with the "sys_list" window in interactive mode, enter:
 .br
diff --git a/hyptop/hyptop.c b/hyptop/hyptop.c
index 7b909588..b28e0c36 100644
--- a/hyptop/hyptop.c
+++ b/hyptop/hyptop.c
@@ -233,7 +233,7 @@ static void l_fmt_init(void)
 		flags |= FMT_QUOTEALL;
 	if (g.o.format == FMT_CSV || g.o.format_all)
 		flags |= FMT_KEEPINVAL;
-	if (g.o.format == FMT_JSON || g.o.format == FMT_JSONSEQ)
+	if (util_fmt_is_json(g.o.format))
 		flags |= FMT_HANDLEINT;
 	util_fmt_init(stdout, g.o.format, flags, 1);
 }
diff --git a/hyptop/table.c b/hyptop/table.c
index 554099a4..57cf0f3b 100644
--- a/hyptop/table.c
+++ b/hyptop/table.c
@@ -1037,7 +1037,7 @@ void table_fmt_start(void)
 {
 	if (!g.o.format_specified)
 		return;
-	if (g.o.format != FMT_JSONSEQ)
+	if (!util_fmt_is_json_stream(g.o.format))
 		util_fmt_obj_start(FMT_LIST, "hyptop");
 }
 
@@ -1045,7 +1045,7 @@ void table_fmt_end(void)
 {
 	if (!g.o.format_specified)
 		return;
-	if (g.o.format != FMT_JSONSEQ)
+	if (!util_fmt_is_json_stream(g.o.format))
 		util_fmt_obj_end(); /* hyptop[] */
 }