diff --git a/lib/pretty.ml b/lib/pretty.ml
index d15fcf9c..2b896525 100644
--- a/lib/pretty.ml
+++ b/lib/pretty.ml
@@ -54,6 +54,22 @@ let is_atom (x: [> t]) =
 let is_atom_list l =
   List.for_all is_atom l
 
+(*
+   inside_box: indicates that we're already within a box that imposes
+   a certain style and we shouldn't create a new one. This is used for
+   printing field values like this:
+
+     foo: [
+       bar
+     ]
+
+   rather than something else like
+
+     foo:
+       [
+         bar
+       ]
+*)
 let rec format ~inside_box std (out:Format.formatter) (x:t) : unit =
   match x with
     | `Null -> Format.pp_print_string out "null"
@@ -83,7 +99,7 @@ let rec format ~inside_box std (out:Format.formatter) (x:t) : unit =
 #endif
     | `List [] -> Format.pp_print_string out "[]"
     | `List l ->
-      if not inside_box then Format.fprintf out "@[<hov2>";
+      if not inside_box then Format.fprintf out "@[<hv2>";
       if is_atom_list l then
         (* use line wrapping like we would do for a paragraph of text *)
         Format.fprintf out "[@;<1 0>@[<hov>%a@]@;<1 -2>]"
diff --git a/test/pretty/atd.expected.json b/test/pretty/atd.expected.json
index 2be9c2e3..edde4076 100644
--- a/test/pretty/atd.expected.json
+++ b/test/pretty/atd.expected.json
@@ -27,7 +27,8 @@
     [ "V3", "testing" ],
     [ "V44", 255 ],
     [ "V5", "None" ],
-    [ "V5", [ "Some", true ] ] ],
+    [ "V5", [ "Some", true ] ]
+  ],
   { "v2": "A" },
   { "v2": [ "B", 100 ] },
   [ "C1", [ "C2", true ], [ "C2", false ] ],