diff --git a/examples/bsp_ex.cpp b/examples/bsp_ex.cpp
index 16cceb474..b42a2d3d0 100644
--- a/examples/bsp_ex.cpp
+++ b/examples/bsp_ex.cpp
@@ -78,7 +78,6 @@ int main(int argc, char** argv)
             // display all the command line options
             cout << "Usage: bsp_ex (-l port | <list of hosts>)\n";
             parser.print_options(); 
-            cout << endl;
             return 0;
         }
 
diff --git a/examples/compress_stream_ex.cpp b/examples/compress_stream_ex.cpp
index a95e270c7..455624e32 100644
--- a/examples/compress_stream_ex.cpp
+++ b/examples/compress_stream_ex.cpp
@@ -97,8 +97,6 @@ int main(int argc, char** argv)
             // This function prints out a nicely formatted list of
             // all the options the parser has
             parser.print_options(); 
-                                       
-            cout << endl;
             return 0;
         }
 
diff --git a/examples/train_object_detector.cpp b/examples/train_object_detector.cpp
index 36ab4e366..2fe6d78dc 100644
--- a/examples/train_object_detector.cpp
+++ b/examples/train_object_detector.cpp
@@ -126,7 +126,6 @@ int main(int argc, char** argv)
             cout << "Usage: train_object_detector [options] <image dataset file|image file>\n";
             parser.print_options(); 
                                        
-            cout << endl;
             return EXIT_SUCCESS;
         }