diff --git a/plaso/cli/status_view.py b/plaso/cli/status_view.py
index 6357efbe1d..e26d6772ca 100644
--- a/plaso/cli/status_view.py
+++ b/plaso/cli/status_view.py
@@ -253,8 +253,9 @@ def _GetPathSpecificationString(self, path_spec):
     Returns:
       str: printable string representation of the path specification.
     """
-    return path_spec.comparable.translate(
-        definitions.NON_PRINTABLE_CHARACTER_TRANSLATION_TABLE)
+    return '\n'.join([
+        line.translate(definitions.NON_PRINTABLE_CHARACTER_TRANSLATION_TABLE)
+        for line in path_spec.comparable.split('\n')])
 
   def _PrintAnalysisStatusUpdateFile(self, processing_status):
     """Prints an analysis status update in file mode.
diff --git a/plaso/cli/tools.py b/plaso/cli/tools.py
index ec1b19c3d2..758d38e3bc 100644
--- a/plaso/cli/tools.py
+++ b/plaso/cli/tools.py
@@ -152,8 +152,9 @@ def _GetPathSpecificationString(self, path_spec):
     if not path_spec:
       return 'N/A'
 
-    return path_spec.comparable.translate(
-        definitions.NON_PRINTABLE_CHARACTER_TRANSLATION_TABLE)
+    return '\n'.join([
+        line.translate(definitions.NON_PRINTABLE_CHARACTER_TRANSLATION_TABLE)
+        for line in path_spec.comparable.split('\n')])
 
   def _ParseInformationalOptions(self, options):
     """Parses the informational options.
diff --git a/plaso/engine/extractors.py b/plaso/engine/extractors.py
index 5509b68128..e0e157b578 100644
--- a/plaso/engine/extractors.py
+++ b/plaso/engine/extractors.py
@@ -490,8 +490,9 @@ def _GetPathSpecificationString(self, path_spec):
     Returns:
       str: printable string representation of the path specification.
     """
-    return path_spec.comparable.translate(
-        definitions.NON_PRINTABLE_CHARACTER_TRANSLATION_TABLE)
+    return '\n'.join([
+        line.translate(definitions.NON_PRINTABLE_CHARACTER_TRANSLATION_TABLE)
+        for line in path_spec.comparable.split('\n')])
 
   def ExtractPathSpecs(
       self, path_spec, find_specs=None, recurse_file_system=True,
diff --git a/plaso/multi_process/extraction_engine.py b/plaso/multi_process/extraction_engine.py
index 7cdaa10fce..4926370410 100644
--- a/plaso/multi_process/extraction_engine.py
+++ b/plaso/multi_process/extraction_engine.py
@@ -363,8 +363,9 @@ def _GetPathSpecificationString(self, path_spec):
     Returns:
       str: printable string representation of the path specification.
     """
-    return path_spec.comparable.translate(
-        definitions.NON_PRINTABLE_CHARACTER_TRANSLATION_TABLE)
+    return ', '.join([
+        line.translate(definitions.NON_PRINTABLE_CHARACTER_TRANSLATION_TABLE)
+        for line in path_spec.comparable.split('\n')])
 
   def _MergeAttributeContainer(self, storage_writer, merge_helper, container):
     """Merges an attribute container from a task store into the storage writer.
@@ -708,7 +709,6 @@ def _ProcessEventSources(self, storage_writer, session_identifier):
 
           else:
             path_spec_string = self._GetPathSpecificationString(task.path_spec)
-            path_spec_string = path_spec_string.replace('\n', ' ')
             logger.debug((
                 f'Scheduled task: {task.identifier:s} for path specification: '
                 f'{path_spec_string:s}'))