diff --git a/cmd/commands_test.go b/cmd/commands_test.go
index 78432460..27b4245c 100644
--- a/cmd/commands_test.go
+++ b/cmd/commands_test.go
@@ -91,7 +91,7 @@ func TestReadCmd(t *testing.T) {
 	if result.Error != nil {
 		t.Error(result.Error)
 	}
-	test.AssertResult(t, "2", result.Output)
+	test.AssertResult(t, "2\n", result.Output)
 }
 
 func TestCompareCmd(t *testing.T) {
@@ -157,7 +157,7 @@ func TestReadWithAdvancedFilterCmd(t *testing.T) {
 	if result.Error != nil {
 		t.Error(result.Error)
 	}
-	test.AssertResult(t, "4", result.Output)
+	test.AssertResult(t, "4\n", result.Output)
 }
 
 func TestReadWithAdvancedFilterMapCmd(t *testing.T) {
@@ -226,7 +226,7 @@ func TestReadWithKeyCmd(t *testing.T) {
 	if result.Error != nil {
 		t.Error(result.Error)
 	}
-	test.AssertResult(t, "b.c", result.Output)
+	test.AssertResult(t, "b.c\n", result.Output)
 }
 
 func TestReadAnchorsCmd(t *testing.T) {
@@ -235,7 +235,7 @@ func TestReadAnchorsCmd(t *testing.T) {
 	if result.Error != nil {
 		t.Error(result.Error)
 	}
-	test.AssertResult(t, "1", result.Output)
+	test.AssertResult(t, "1\n", result.Output)
 }
 
 func TestReadAnchorsWithKeyAndValueCmd(t *testing.T) {
@@ -279,7 +279,7 @@ func TestReadMergeAnchorsOriginalCmd(t *testing.T) {
 	if result.Error != nil {
 		t.Error(result.Error)
 	}
-	test.AssertResult(t, "original", result.Output)
+	test.AssertResult(t, "original\n", result.Output)
 }
 
 func TestReadMergeAnchorsExplodeJsonCmd(t *testing.T) {
@@ -318,7 +318,7 @@ pointer: *value-pointer`
 	if result.Error != nil {
 		t.Error(result.Error)
 	}
-	expectedOutput := `the value`
+	expectedOutput := "the value\n"
 	test.AssertResult(t, expectedOutput, result.Output)
 }
 
@@ -378,7 +378,7 @@ pointer: *value-pointer`
 	if result.Error != nil {
 		t.Error(result.Error)
 	}
-	expectedOutput := `the value`
+	expectedOutput := "the value\n"
 	test.AssertResult(t, expectedOutput, result.Output)
 }
 
@@ -433,7 +433,7 @@ func TestReadMergeAnchorsOverrideCmd(t *testing.T) {
 	if result.Error != nil {
 		t.Error(result.Error)
 	}
-	test.AssertResult(t, "ice", result.Output)
+	test.AssertResult(t, "ice\n", result.Output)
 }
 
 func TestReadMergeAnchorsPrefixMatchCmd(t *testing.T) {
@@ -455,7 +455,7 @@ func TestReadMergeAnchorsListOriginalCmd(t *testing.T) {
 	if result.Error != nil {
 		t.Error(result.Error)
 	}
-	test.AssertResult(t, "original", result.Output)
+	test.AssertResult(t, "original\n", result.Output)
 }
 
 func TestReadMergeAnchorsListOverrideInListCmd(t *testing.T) {
@@ -464,7 +464,7 @@ func TestReadMergeAnchorsListOverrideInListCmd(t *testing.T) {
 	if result.Error != nil {
 		t.Error(result.Error)
 	}
-	test.AssertResult(t, "coconut", result.Output)
+	test.AssertResult(t, "coconut\n", result.Output)
 }
 
 func TestReadMergeAnchorsListOverrideCmd(t *testing.T) {
@@ -473,7 +473,7 @@ func TestReadMergeAnchorsListOverrideCmd(t *testing.T) {
 	if result.Error != nil {
 		t.Error(result.Error)
 	}
-	test.AssertResult(t, "newbar", result.Output)
+	test.AssertResult(t, "newbar\n", result.Output)
 }
 
 func TestReadInvalidDocumentIndexCmd(t *testing.T) {
@@ -515,7 +515,7 @@ func TestReadMultiCmd(t *testing.T) {
 	if result.Error != nil {
 		t.Error(result.Error)
 	}
-	test.AssertResult(t, "here", result.Output)
+	test.AssertResult(t, "here\n", result.Output)
 }
 
 func TestReadMultiWithKeyAndValueCmd(t *testing.T) {
@@ -536,7 +536,8 @@ func TestReadMultiAllCmd(t *testing.T) {
 	test.AssertResult(t,
 		`first document
 second document
-third document`, result.Output)
+third document
+`, result.Output)
 }
 
 func TestReadMultiAllWithKeyAndValueCmd(t *testing.T) {
@@ -558,7 +559,7 @@ func TestReadCmd_ArrayYaml(t *testing.T) {
 	if result.Error != nil {
 		t.Error(result.Error)
 	}
-	test.AssertResult(t, "false", result.Output)
+	test.AssertResult(t, "false\n", result.Output)
 }
 
 func TestReadEmptyContentCmd(t *testing.T) {
@@ -740,7 +741,8 @@ func TestReadCmd_ArrayYaml_SplatWithKeyCmd(t *testing.T) {
 		t.Error(result.Error)
 	}
 	expectedOutput := `[0]
-[1]`
+[1]
+`
 	test.AssertResult(t, expectedOutput, result.Output)
 }
 
@@ -751,7 +753,8 @@ func TestReadCmd_ArrayYaml_SplatKey(t *testing.T) {
 		t.Error(result.Error)
 	}
 	expectedOutput := `false
-true`
+true
+`
 	test.AssertResult(t, expectedOutput, result.Output)
 }
 
@@ -950,7 +953,8 @@ b:
 	}
 
 	expectedOutput := `more things
-more things also`
+more things also
+`
 	test.AssertResult(t, expectedOutput, result.Output)
 }
 
@@ -1005,7 +1009,8 @@ b:
 	}
 
 	expectedOutput := `b.there.c
-b.there2.c`
+b.there2.c
+`
 	test.AssertResult(t, expectedOutput, result.Output)
 }
 
diff --git a/cmd/utils.go b/cmd/utils.go
index 3f5c3959..cb753056 100644
--- a/cmd/utils.go
+++ b/cmd/utils.go
@@ -79,7 +79,7 @@ func appendDocument(originalMatchingNodes []*yqlib.NodeContext, dataBucket yaml.
 
 func printValue(node *yaml.Node, writer io.Writer) error {
 	if node.Kind == yaml.ScalarNode {
-		_, errorWriting := writer.Write([]byte(node.Value))
+		_, errorWriting := writer.Write([]byte(node.Value + "\n"))
 		return errorWriting
 	}
 	return printNode(node, writer)
@@ -160,19 +160,13 @@ func printResults(matchingNodes []*yqlib.NodeContext, writer io.Writer) error {
 		return nil
 	}
 	var errorWriting error
-	for index, mappedDoc := range matchingNodes {
+	for _, mappedDoc := range matchingNodes {
 		switch printMode {
 		case "p":
-			errorWriting = writeString(bufferedWriter, lib.PathStackToString(mappedDoc.PathStack))
+			errorWriting = writeString(bufferedWriter, lib.PathStackToString(mappedDoc.PathStack)+"\n")
 			if errorWriting != nil {
 				return errorWriting
 			}
-			if index < len(matchingNodes)-1 {
-				errorWriting = writeString(bufferedWriter, "\n")
-				if errorWriting != nil {
-					return errorWriting
-				}
-			}
 		case "pv", "vp":
 			// put it into a node and print that.
 			var parentNode = yaml.Node{Kind: yaml.MappingNode}
@@ -186,14 +180,6 @@ func printResults(matchingNodes []*yqlib.NodeContext, writer io.Writer) error {
 			if err := printValue(mappedDoc.Node, bufferedWriter); err != nil {
 				return err
 			}
-			// Printing our Scalars does not print a new line at the end
-			// we only want to do that if there are more values (so users can easily script extraction of values in the yaml)
-			if index < len(matchingNodes)-1 && mappedDoc.Node.Kind == yaml.ScalarNode {
-				errorWriting = writeString(bufferedWriter, "\n")
-				if errorWriting != nil {
-					return errorWriting
-				}
-			}
 		}
 	}
 
diff --git a/cmd/version.go b/cmd/version.go
index af686638..3d21313d 100644
--- a/cmd/version.go
+++ b/cmd/version.go
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ var (
 	GitDescribe string
 
 	// Version is main version number that is being run at the moment.
-	Version = "3.1.1"
+	Version = "3.1.2"
 
 	// VersionPrerelease is a pre-release marker for the version. If this is "" (empty string)
 	// then it means that it is a final release. Otherwise, this is a pre-release
diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 36e4562a..9e300b08 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -20,8 +20,7 @@ require (
 	golang.org/x/tools v0.0.0-20191213221258-04c2e8eff935 // indirect
 	gopkg.in/imdario/mergo.v0 v0.3.7 // indirect
 	gopkg.in/op/go-logging.v1 v1.0.0-20160211212156-b2cb9fa56473
-	gopkg.in/yaml.v2 v2.2.8 // indirect
-	gopkg.in/yaml.v3 v3.0.0-20191120175047-4206685974f2
+	gopkg.in/yaml.v3 v3.0.0-20200121175148-a6ecf24a6d71
 )
 
 go 1.13
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index b7d0ffb7..443661ea 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -145,4 +145,6 @@ gopkg.in/yaml.v2 v2.2.8 h1:obN1ZagJSUGI0Ek/LBmuj4SNLPfIny3KsKFopxRdj10=
 gopkg.in/yaml.v2 v2.2.8/go.mod h1:hI93XBmqTisBFMUTm0b8Fm+jr3Dg1NNxqwp+5A1VGuI=
 gopkg.in/yaml.v3 v3.0.0-20191120175047-4206685974f2 h1:XZx7nhd5GMaZpmDaEHFVafUZC7ya0fuo7cSJ3UCKYmM=
 gopkg.in/yaml.v3 v3.0.0-20191120175047-4206685974f2/go.mod h1:K4uyk7z7BCEPqu6E+C64Yfv1cQ7kz7rIZviUmN+EgEM=
+gopkg.in/yaml.v3 v3.0.0-20200121175148-a6ecf24a6d71 h1:Xe2gvTZUJpsvOWUnvmL/tmhVBZUmHSvLbMjRj6NUUKo=
+gopkg.in/yaml.v3 v3.0.0-20200121175148-a6ecf24a6d71/go.mod h1:K4uyk7z7BCEPqu6E+C64Yfv1cQ7kz7rIZviUmN+EgEM=
 rsc.io/pdf v0.1.1/go.mod h1:n8OzWcQ6Sp37PL01nO98y4iUCRdTGarVfzxY20ICaU4=
diff --git a/snap/snapcraft.yaml b/snap/snapcraft.yaml
index 4bb35cd7..7dd67ecd 100644
--- a/snap/snapcraft.yaml
+++ b/snap/snapcraft.yaml
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 name: yq
-version: '3.1.1'
+version: '3.1.2'
 summary: A lightweight and portable command-line YAML processor
 description: |
   The aim of the project is to be the jq or sed of yaml files.