diff --git a/cmd/soroban-cli/src/commands/events.rs b/cmd/soroban-cli/src/commands/events.rs
index 5e2bda66f..cd3408307 100644
--- a/cmd/soroban-cli/src/commands/events.rs
+++ b/cmd/soroban-cli/src/commands/events.rs
@@ -1,4 +1,6 @@
 use clap::{arg, command, Parser};
+use itertools::Itertools;
+use soroban_rpc::Event;
 use std::io;
 
 use soroban_env_host::xdr::{self, Limits, ReadXdr};
@@ -155,27 +157,19 @@ impl Cmd {
         }
 
         let response = self.run_against_rpc_server(None, None).await?;
-
-        for event in &response.events {
-            match self.output {
-                // Should we pretty-print the JSON like we're doing here or just
-                // dump an event in raw JSON on each line? The latter is easier
-                // to consume programmatically.
-                OutputFormat::Json => {
-                    println!(
-                        "{}",
-                        serde_json::to_string_pretty(&event).map_err(|e| {
-                            Error::InvalidJson {
-                                debug: format!("{event:#?}"),
-                                error: e,
-                            }
-                        })?,
-                    );
-                }
-                OutputFormat::Plain => println!("{event}"),
-                OutputFormat::Pretty => event.pretty_print()?,
+        let output = match self.output {
+            OutputFormat::Json => {
+                serde_json::to_string_pretty(&response.events).map_err(|e| Error::InvalidJson {
+                    debug: format!("{:#?}", response.events),
+                    error: e,
+                })?
             }
-        }
+            OutputFormat::Plain => response.events.iter().join("\n"),
+            OutputFormat::Pretty => {
+                return Ok(response.events.iter().try_for_each(Event::pretty_print)?);
+            }
+        };
+        println!("{output}");
         Ok(())
     }