diff --git a/influxdb3/src/commands/common.rs b/influxdb3/src/commands/common.rs
index 029190ce3d0..19378140803 100644
--- a/influxdb3/src/commands/common.rs
+++ b/influxdb3/src/commands/common.rs
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-use clap::Parser;
+use clap::{Parser, ValueEnum};
 use secrecy::Secret;
 use std::error::Error;
 use std::fmt::Display;
@@ -25,6 +25,35 @@ pub struct InfluxDb3Config {
     pub auth_token: Option<Secret<String>>,
 }
 
+#[derive(Debug, ValueEnum, Clone)]
+#[clap(rename_all = "snake_case")]
+pub enum Format {
+    Pretty,
+    Json,
+    #[clap(name = "jsonl")]
+    JsonLines,
+    Csv,
+    Parquet,
+}
+
+impl Format {
+    pub fn is_parquet(&self) -> bool {
+        matches!(self, Self::Parquet)
+    }
+}
+
+impl From<Format> for influxdb3_client::Format {
+    fn from(this: Format) -> Self {
+        match this {
+            Format::Pretty => Self::Pretty,
+            Format::Json => Self::Json,
+            Format::JsonLines => Self::JsonLines,
+            Format::Csv => Self::Csv,
+            Format::Parquet => Self::Parquet,
+        }
+    }
+}
+
 // A clap argument provided as a key/value pair separated by `SEPARATOR`, which by default is a '='
 #[derive(Debug, Clone)]
 pub struct SeparatedKeyValue<K, V, const SEPARATOR: char = '='>(pub (K, V));
diff --git a/influxdb3/src/commands/query.rs b/influxdb3/src/commands/query.rs
index baa71d1dc35..2a70caf7051 100644
--- a/influxdb3/src/commands/query.rs
+++ b/influxdb3/src/commands/query.rs
@@ -7,6 +7,8 @@ use tokio::{
     io::{self, AsyncWriteExt},
 };
 
+use crate::commands::common::Format;
+
 use super::common::InfluxDb3Config;
 
 #[derive(Debug, thiserror::Error)]
@@ -63,34 +65,6 @@ pub struct Config {
     query: Vec<String>,
 }
 
-#[derive(Debug, ValueEnum, Clone)]
-#[clap(rename_all = "snake_case")]
-enum Format {
-    Pretty,
-    Json,
-    JsonLines,
-    Csv,
-    Parquet,
-}
-
-impl Format {
-    fn is_parquet(&self) -> bool {
-        matches!(self, Self::Parquet)
-    }
-}
-
-impl From<Format> for influxdb3_client::Format {
-    fn from(this: Format) -> Self {
-        match this {
-            Format::Pretty => Self::Pretty,
-            Format::Json => Self::Json,
-            Format::JsonLines => Self::JsonLines,
-            Format::Csv => Self::Csv,
-            Format::Parquet => Self::Parquet,
-        }
-    }
-}
-
 #[derive(Debug, ValueEnum, Clone)]
 enum QueryLanguage {
     Sql,
diff --git a/influxdb3/src/commands/show.rs b/influxdb3/src/commands/show.rs
index 25b1c66153b..1f4b5f0d0c6 100644
--- a/influxdb3/src/commands/show.rs
+++ b/influxdb3/src/commands/show.rs
@@ -1,8 +1,10 @@
-use clap::{Parser, ValueEnum};
+use clap::Parser;
 use secrecy::{ExposeSecret, Secret};
 use std::error::Error;
 use url::Url;
 
+use crate::commands::common::Format;
+
 #[derive(Debug, Parser)]
 pub struct Config {
     #[clap(subcommand)]
@@ -39,26 +41,6 @@ pub struct DatabaseConfig {
     output_format: Format,
 }
 
-#[derive(Debug, ValueEnum, Clone)]
-#[clap(rename_all = "snake_case")]
-enum Format {
-    Pretty,
-    Json,
-    JsonLines,
-    Csv,
-}
-
-impl From<Format> for influxdb3_client::Format {
-    fn from(this: Format) -> Self {
-        match this {
-            Format::Pretty => Self::Pretty,
-            Format::Json => Self::Json,
-            Format::JsonLines => Self::JsonLines,
-            Format::Csv => Self::Csv,
-        }
-    }
-}
-
 pub(crate) async fn command(config: Config) -> Result<(), Box<dyn Error>> {
     match config.cmd {
         SubCommand::Databases(DatabaseConfig {
diff --git a/influxdb3/tests/server/cli.rs b/influxdb3/tests/server/cli.rs
index 05327212d0a..eb632dae250 100644
--- a/influxdb3/tests/server/cli.rs
+++ b/influxdb3/tests/server/cli.rs
@@ -278,7 +278,7 @@ async fn test_show_databases() {
         "--host",
         &server_addr,
         "--format",
-        "json_lines",
+        "jsonl",
     ]);
     assert_eq!(
         "\
diff --git a/influxdb3/tests/server/query.rs b/influxdb3/tests/server/query.rs
index a5a759d7f3b..283b89e9e9a 100644
--- a/influxdb3/tests/server/query.rs
+++ b/influxdb3/tests/server/query.rs
@@ -780,7 +780,7 @@ async fn api_v3_query_jsonl_format() {
         },
     ];
     for t in test_cases {
-        let mut params = vec![("q", t.query), ("format", "json_lines")];
+        let mut params = vec![("q", t.query), ("format", "jsonl")];
         if let Some(db) = t.database {
             params.push(("db", db))
         }