diff --git a/monitor/hmp-cmds.c b/monitor/hmp-cmds.c
index bcaa41350e..9e45a138a5 100644
--- a/monitor/hmp-cmds.c
+++ b/monitor/hmp-cmds.c
@@ -1945,7 +1945,7 @@ void hmp_rocker_ports(Monitor *mon, const QDict *qdict)
     monitor_printf(mon, "      port  link    duplex neg?\n");
 
     for (port = list; port; port = port->next) {
-        monitor_printf(mon, "%10s  %-4s   %-3s  %2s  %-3s\n",
+        monitor_printf(mon, "%10s  %-4s   %-3s  %2s  %s\n",
                        port->value->name,
                        port->value->enabled ? port->value->link_up ?
                        "up" : "down" : "!ena",
diff --git a/target/i386/cpu-dump.c b/target/i386/cpu-dump.c
index 02b635a52c..08ac957e99 100644
--- a/target/i386/cpu-dump.c
+++ b/target/i386/cpu-dump.c
@@ -464,13 +464,13 @@ void x86_cpu_dump_state(CPUState *cs, FILE *f, int flags)
             snprintf(cc_op_name, sizeof(cc_op_name), "[%d]", env->cc_op);
 #ifdef TARGET_X86_64
         if (env->hflags & HF_CS64_MASK) {
-            qemu_fprintf(f, "CCS=%016" PRIx64 " CCD=%016" PRIx64 " CCO=%-8s\n",
+            qemu_fprintf(f, "CCS=%016" PRIx64 " CCD=%016" PRIx64 " CCO=%s\n",
                          env->cc_src, env->cc_dst,
                          cc_op_name);
         } else
 #endif
         {
-            qemu_fprintf(f, "CCS=%08x CCD=%08x CCO=%-8s\n",
+            qemu_fprintf(f, "CCS=%08x CCD=%08x CCO=%s\n",
                          (uint32_t)env->cc_src, (uint32_t)env->cc_dst,
                          cc_op_name);
         }
diff --git a/target/i386/cpu.c b/target/i386/cpu.c
index 598d451dcf..c5744ce08c 100644
--- a/target/i386/cpu.c
+++ b/target/i386/cpu.c
@@ -4878,7 +4878,7 @@ static void x86_cpu_list_entry(gpointer data, gpointer user_data)
         desc = g_strdup_printf("%s", model_id);
     }
 
-    qemu_printf("x86 %-20s  %-58s\n", name, desc);
+    qemu_printf("x86 %-20s  %s\n", name, desc);
 }
 
 /* list available CPU models and flags */
diff --git a/target/ppc/cpu_init.c b/target/ppc/cpu_init.c
index 65545ba9ca..ba384a592b 100644
--- a/target/ppc/cpu_init.c
+++ b/target/ppc/cpu_init.c
@@ -8734,7 +8734,7 @@ void ppc_cpu_list(void)
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_KVM
     qemu_printf("\n");
-    qemu_printf("PowerPC %-16s\n", "host");
+    qemu_printf("PowerPC %s\n", "host");
 #endif
 }
 
diff --git a/target/s390x/cpu_models.c b/target/s390x/cpu_models.c
index 4e4598cc77..11e06cc51f 100644
--- a/target/s390x/cpu_models.c
+++ b/target/s390x/cpu_models.c
@@ -398,14 +398,14 @@ void s390_cpu_list(void)
     for (feat = 0; feat < S390_FEAT_MAX; feat++) {
         const S390FeatDef *def = s390_feat_def(feat);
 
-        qemu_printf("%-20s %-50s\n", def->name, def->desc);
+        qemu_printf("%-20s %s\n", def->name, def->desc);
     }
 
     qemu_printf("\nRecognized feature groups:\n");
     for (group = 0; group < S390_FEAT_GROUP_MAX; group++) {
         const S390FeatGroupDef *def = s390_feat_group_def(group);
 
-        qemu_printf("%-20s %-50s\n", def->name, def->desc);
+        qemu_printf("%-20s %s\n", def->name, def->desc);
     }
 }
 
diff --git a/target/xtensa/mmu_helper.c b/target/xtensa/mmu_helper.c
index b01ff9399a..57e319a1af 100644
--- a/target/xtensa/mmu_helper.c
+++ b/target/xtensa/mmu_helper.c
@@ -1098,7 +1098,7 @@ static void dump_tlb(CPUXtensaState *env, bool dtlb)
                     qemu_printf("\tVaddr       Paddr       ASID  Attr RWX Cache\n"
                                 "\t----------  ----------  ----  ---- --- -------\n");
                 }
-                qemu_printf("\t0x%08x  0x%08x  0x%02x  0x%02x %c%c%c %-7s\n",
+                qemu_printf("\t0x%08x  0x%08x  0x%02x  0x%02x %c%c%c %s\n",
                             entry->vaddr,
                             entry->paddr,
                             entry->asid,