diff --git a/Main.hs b/Main.hs
--- a/Main.hs
+++ b/Main.hs
@@ -36,6 +36,7 @@
   , nullString :: Text
   , optTrueString :: Text
   , optFalseString :: Text
+  , optNewLineReplacement :: Char
   , debugKeyPaths :: Bool
   } deriving Show
 
@@ -60,6 +61,9 @@
         <$> O.strOption (O.value "f" 
             <> O.short 'f' <> O.long "false-string"
             <> O.metavar "STRING" <> O.help "String to represent boolean false. Default: 'f'"))
+  <*> O.option O.auto (O.value ' ' 
+            <> O.short 'N' <> O.long "newline"
+            <> O.metavar "STRING" <> O.help "String to replace newlines in field text. Default: ' '")
   <*> O.switch (O.long "debug" <> O.help "Debug keypaths")
 
 parseCSVMode = O.flag' CSVOutput (O.short 'c' <> O.long "csv" <> O.help "Output CSV")
@@ -99,7 +103,9 @@
                   arrayDelim = optArrayDelim
                 , nullValueString = nullString
                 , trueString = optTrueString
-                , falseString = optFalseString}
+                , falseString = optFalseString
+                , newlineReplacement = optNewLineReplacement
+                }
   case outputMode of 
     TSVOutput delim -> mapM_ (TL.putStrLn . B.toLazyText . evalToLineBuilder config delim ks') xs
     CSVOutput -> Prelude.putStrLn . CSV.printCSV $ map (map T.unpack . evalToList config ks') $  xs
@@ -125,6 +131,7 @@
   , nullValueString :: Text
   , trueString :: Text
   , falseString :: Text
+  , newlineReplacement :: Char
   } deriving Show
 
 -- | KeyPath may have an alias for the header output
@@ -240,7 +247,7 @@
 evalKeyPath _ _ _ = Null
 
 valToBuilder :: Config -> Value -> B.Builder
-valToBuilder _ (String x) = B.fromText x
+valToBuilder Config{..} (String x) = B.fromText . T.map (replaceNewLine newlineReplacement) $ x
 valToBuilder Config{..} Null = B.fromText nullValueString
 valToBuilder Config{..} (Bool True) = B.fromText trueString
 valToBuilder Config{..} (Bool False) = B.fromText falseString
@@ -251,7 +258,7 @@
 valToBuilder _ (Object _) = B.fromText "[Object]"
 
 valToText :: Config -> Value -> Text
-valToText _ (String x) = x
+valToText Config{..} (String x) = T.map (replaceNewLine newlineReplacement) x
 valToText Config{..} Null = nullValueString
 valToText Config{..} (Bool True) = trueString
 valToText Config{..} (Bool False) = falseString
@@ -261,3 +268,7 @@
         Right int -> T.pack . show $ int
 valToText _ (Object _) = "[Object]"
 
+replaceNewLine :: Char -> (Char -> Char)
+replaceNewLine x s | s `elem` ['\n', '\r'] = x
+                   | otherwise             = s
+    
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -140,7 +140,7 @@
 
 Usage: jsontsv FIELDS [-a DELIM] ([-c|--csv] | [-d DELIM]) [-H]
                [-n|--null-string STRING] [-t|--true-string STRING]
-               [-f|--false-string STRING] [--debug]
+               [-f|--false-string STRING] [-N|--newline STRING] [--debug]
   Transform JSON objects to TSV. On STDIN provide an input stream of
   whitespace-separated JSON objects.
 
@@ -154,6 +154,8 @@
   -n,--null-string STRING  String to represent null value. Default: 'null'
   -t,--true-string STRING  String to represent boolean true. Default: 't'
   -f,--false-string STRING String to represent boolean false. Default: 'f'
+  -N,--newline STRING      String to replace newlines in field text. Default: '
+                           '
   --debug                  Debug keypaths
 
 See https://github.com/danchoi/jsontsv for more information.
@@ -214,7 +216,11 @@
 * If the leaf value is an array, it is concatenated into a single
   comma-separated string. This delimiter can be changed with the `-a` option.
 
+## Newlines in content
 
+If a string field in the JSON contains a `\n` or `\r` character, these will be replaced 
+by spaces by default. The replacement character can be changed with the `-N` option.
+
 ## Column header aliases
 
 If the default column headers using `-H` are too long, you can designate
@@ -223,6 +229,7 @@
     curl -s "https://api.github.com/repos/rails/rails/issues" | 
     jq -M '.[]' | 
     jsontsv -H 'number title user.login:login state repository.name:repo_name' 
+
 
 ## Known alternatives 
 
diff --git a/jsontsv.cabal b/jsontsv.cabal
--- a/jsontsv.cabal
+++ b/jsontsv.cabal
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 --  see http://haskell.org/cabal/users-guide/
 
 name:                jsontsv
-version:             0.1.6.1
+version:             0.1.7.0
 synopsis:            JSON to TSV transformer
 homepage:            https://github.com/danchoi/jsontsv
 description:         Transforms JSON into tab-separated line-oriented output, for easier processing in Unix-style pipelines.