diff --git a/python/pyspark/sql/utils.py b/python/pyspark/sql/utils.py
index 27adc2372ec0f..3fd704721a92c 100644
--- a/python/pyspark/sql/utils.py
+++ b/python/pyspark/sql/utils.py
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ def __str__(self):
         debug_enabled = sql_conf.pysparkJVMStacktraceEnabled()
         desc = self.desc
         if debug_enabled:
-            desc = desc + "\nJVM stacktrace:\n%s" % self.stackTrace
+            desc = desc + "\n\nJVM stacktrace:\n%s" % self.stackTrace
         # encode unicode instance for python2 for human readable description
         if sys.version_info.major < 3 and isinstance(desc, unicode):
             return str(desc.encode('utf-8'))