diff --git a/client/context/context.go b/client/context/context.go
index beffad0c41..fd2e1ac1a5 100644
--- a/client/context/context.go
+++ b/client/context/context.go
@@ -259,7 +259,7 @@ func (ctx CLIContext) PrintOutput(toPrint fmt.Stringer) (err error) {
 
 	case "json":
 		if ctx.Indent {
-			out, err = ctx.Codec.MarshalJSONIndent(toPrint, "", " ")
+			out, err = ctx.Codec.MarshalJSONIndent(toPrint, "", "  ")
 		} else {
 			out, err = ctx.Codec.MarshalJSON(toPrint)
 		}