diff --git a/lib/reporters/dot_reporter.js b/lib/reporters/dot_reporter.js
index <HASH>..<HASH> 100644
--- a/lib/reporters/dot_reporter.js
+++ b/lib/reporters/dot_reporter.js
@@ -84,7 +84,7 @@ DotReporter.prototype = {
         printf(this.out, '\n%s', indent(error.stack, 5));
       }
 
-      this.out.write('\n');
+      this.out.write('\n\n');
     }, this);
   },
   summaryDisplay: function() {
separate each test failure report by an empty line