diff --git a/command/agent/http.go b/command/agent/http.go
index 8c174711b..365db74c8 100644
--- a/command/agent/http.go
+++ b/command/agent/http.go
@@ -253,7 +253,7 @@ func (s *HTTPServer) wrap(handler func(resp http.ResponseWriter, req *http.Reque
 		}
 
 		prettyPrint := false
-		if req.URL.Query().Get("pretty") != "" {
+		if _, ok := req.URL.Query()["pretty"]; ok {
 			prettyPrint = true
 		}
 		// Write out the JSON object
diff --git a/command/agent/http_test.go b/command/agent/http_test.go
index 230832128..6814faa00 100644
--- a/command/agent/http_test.go
+++ b/command/agent/http_test.go
@@ -127,6 +127,14 @@ func TestContentTypeIsJSON(t *testing.T) {
 }
 
 func TestPrettyPrint(t *testing.T) {
+	testPrettyPrint("pretty=1", t)
+}
+
+func TestPrettyPrintBare(t *testing.T) {
+	testPrettyPrint("pretty", t)
+}
+
+func testPrettyPrint(pretty string, t *testing.T) {
 	dir, srv := makeHTTPServer(t)
 	defer os.RemoveAll(dir)
 	defer srv.Shutdown()
@@ -139,7 +147,8 @@ func TestPrettyPrint(t *testing.T) {
 		return r, nil
 	}
 
-	req, _ := http.NewRequest("GET", "/v1/kv/key?pretty=1", nil)
+	urlStr := "/v1/kv/key?" + pretty
+	req, _ := http.NewRequest("GET", urlStr, nil)
 	srv.wrap(handler)(resp, req)
 
 	expected, _ := json.MarshalIndent(r, "", "    ")
diff --git a/website/source/docs/agent/http.html.markdown b/website/source/docs/agent/http.html.markdown
index c839adf6e..786edb2bc 100644
--- a/website/source/docs/agent/http.html.markdown
+++ b/website/source/docs/agent/http.html.markdown
@@ -86,7 +86,7 @@ leader. These can be used to gauge if a stale read should be used.
 ## Formatted JSON Output
 
 By default, the output of all HTTP API requests return minimized JSON with all
-whitespace removed.  By adding "?pretty=1" to the HTTP request URL,
+whitespace removed.  By adding "?pretty" to the HTTP request URL,
 formatted JSON will be returned.
 
 ## ACLs