diff --git a/cmd/commands_test.go b/cmd/commands_test.go
index f74d677e..4e8ba72d 100644
--- a/cmd/commands_test.go
+++ b/cmd/commands_test.go
@@ -94,6 +94,54 @@ func TestReadCmd(t *testing.T) {
 	test.AssertResult(t, "2", result.Output)
 }
 
+func TestCompareCmd(t *testing.T) {
+	cmd := getRootCommand()
+	result := test.RunCmd(cmd, "compare ../examples/data1.yaml ../examples/data3.yaml")
+	if result.Error != nil {
+		t.Error(result.Error)
+	}
+	expectedOutput := `-a: simple # just the best
+-b: [1, 2]
++a: "simple" # just the best
++b: [1, 3]
+ c:
+   test: 1
+`
+	test.AssertResult(t, expectedOutput, result.Output)
+}
+
+func TestComparePrettyCmd(t *testing.T) {
+	cmd := getRootCommand()
+	result := test.RunCmd(cmd, "compare -P ../examples/data1.yaml ../examples/data3.yaml")
+	if result.Error != nil {
+		t.Error(result.Error)
+	}
+	expectedOutput := ` a: simple # just the best
+ b:
+ - 1
+-- 2
++- 3
+ c:
+   test: 1
+`
+	test.AssertResult(t, expectedOutput, result.Output)
+}
+
+func TestComparePathsCmd(t *testing.T) {
+	cmd := getRootCommand()
+	result := test.RunCmd(cmd, "compare -P -ppv ../examples/data1.yaml ../examples/data3.yaml **")
+	if result.Error != nil {
+		t.Error(result.Error)
+	}
+	expectedOutput := ` a: simple # just the best
+ b.[0]: 1
+-b.[1]: 2
++b.[1]: 3
+ c.test: 1
+`
+	test.AssertResult(t, expectedOutput, result.Output)
+}
+
 func TestValidateCmd(t *testing.T) {
 	cmd := getRootCommand()
 	result := test.RunCmd(cmd, "validate ../examples/sample.yaml b.c")
diff --git a/cmd/compare.go b/cmd/compare.go
index 9c0bbf68..310bb0b1 100644
--- a/cmd/compare.go
+++ b/cmd/compare.go
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ package cmd
 import (
 	"bufio"
 	"bytes"
+	"strings"
 
 	"github.com/kylelemons/godebug/diff"
 	"github.com/mikefarah/yq/v3/pkg/yqlib"
@@ -75,6 +76,7 @@ func compareDocuments(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) error {
 		return errorDoingThings
 	}
 
-	cmd.Print(diff.Diff(dataBufferA.String(), dataBufferB.String()))
+	cmd.Print(diff.Diff(strings.TrimSuffix(dataBufferA.String(), "\n"), strings.TrimSuffix(dataBufferB.String(), "\n")))
+	cmd.Print("\n")
 	return nil
 }
diff --git a/examples/data3.yaml b/examples/data3.yaml
index 0aba4f10..22e8056a 100644
--- a/examples/data3.yaml
+++ b/examples/data3.yaml
@@ -1,14 +1,4 @@
-deep1:
-   hostA:
-      value: 1234
-   notRelevant:
-      value: bananas
-   hostB:
-      value: 5678
-deep2:
-   hostC:
-      value: 1234
-   notRelevant:
-      value: bananas
-   hostD:
-      value: 5678
+a: "simple" # just the best
+b: [1, 3]
+c:
+  test: 1
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