diff --git a/cpumf/lshwc.c b/cpumf/lshwc.c
index 6772aa5a..c8e9cb3e 100644
--- a/cpumf/lshwc.c
+++ b/cpumf/lshwc.c
@@ -700,7 +700,7 @@ static int do_it(char *s)
 
 	if (output_format == FMT_CSV)
 		flags |= FMT_NOMETA;
-	if (output_format == FMT_JSON || output_format == FMT_JSONSEQ)
+	if (util_fmt_is_json(output_format))
 		flags |= FMT_HANDLEINT;
 	if (quote_all)
 		flags |= FMT_QUOTEALL;
@@ -708,7 +708,7 @@ static int do_it(char *s)
 	mk_labels();
 	util_fmt_init(stdout, output_format, flags, 1);
 	util_fmt_obj_start(FMT_DEFAULT, "lshwc");
-	if (output_format == FMT_JSON || output_format == FMT_JSONSEQ) {
+	if (util_fmt_is_json(output_format)) {
 		util_fmt_obj_start(FMT_ROW, "cpumcf info");
 		util_fmt_pair(FMT_PERSIST, "counter first", "%d", cfvn);
 		util_fmt_pair(FMT_PERSIST, "counter second", "%d", csvn);
diff --git a/cpumf/man/lshwc.8 b/cpumf/man/lshwc.8
index 6349d272..a0691a76 100644
--- a/cpumf/man/lshwc.8
+++ b/cpumf/man/lshwc.8
@@ -138,7 +138,7 @@ Apply quoting to every output element, regardless of content or format.
 .TP
 .BR \-f ", " \-\-format \fI\ FORMAT\fP
 Retrieve output in one of the following formats:
-JSON, CSV, JSON-SEQ or PAIRS.
+JSON, CSV, JSON-SEQ, JSONL or PAIRS.
 If no format is specified, the output defaults to CSV.
 .
 .SS JSON Output Structure
diff --git a/cpumf/man/lspai.8 b/cpumf/man/lspai.8
index d636520a..b851cc2b 100644
--- a/cpumf/man/lspai.8
+++ b/cpumf/man/lspai.8
@@ -136,7 +136,7 @@ Default sort order is PAI counter name.
 .TP
 .BI \-\-format "\ FORMAT"
 Retrieve output in one of the following formats:
-JSON, csv, json-seq or pairs.
+JSON, csv, json-seq, jsonl or pairs.
 If no format is specified,
 the output defaults to a human-readable format.
 .