diff --git a/dhall-json/CHANGELOG.md b/dhall-json/CHANGELOG.md
index d687178..8939738 100644
--- a/dhall-json/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/dhall-json/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+Next version
+
+* [BREAKING CHANGE: Enable `--pretty` by default for `dhall-to-json`](https://github.com/dhall-lang/dhall-haskell/issues/716)
+
 1.4.1
 
 * [Enable `--records-strict` by default for `{json-yaml}-to-dhall`](https://github.com/dhall-lang/dhall-haskell/pull/1181)
diff --git a/dhall-json/dhall-to-json/Main.hs b/dhall-json/dhall-to-json/Main.hs
index 0309ea5..86727ad 100644
--- a/dhall-json/dhall-to-json/Main.hs
+++ b/dhall-json/dhall-to-json/Main.hs
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ parseOptions =
             Options.flag'
                 True
                 (   Options.long "pretty"
-                <>  Options.help "Pretty print generated JSON"
+                <>  Options.help "Deprecated, will be removed soon. Pretty print generated JSON"
                 )
 
         compactFlag =
@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@ parseOptions =
                 )
 
         defaultBehavior =
-            pure False
+            pure True
 
     parseVersion =
         Options.flag'
diff --git a/dhall-json/src/Dhall/JSON.hs b/dhall-json/src/Dhall/JSON.hs
index 4b002c5..aec4a45 100644
--- a/dhall-json/src/Dhall/JSON.hs
+++ b/dhall-json/src/Dhall/JSON.hs
@@ -56,7 +56,11 @@
     Dhall @List@s translate to JSON lists:
 
 > $ dhall-to-json <<< '[1, 2, 3] : List Natural'
-> [1,2,3]
+> [
+>   1,
+>   2,
+>   3
+> ]
 
     Dhall @Optional@ values translate to @null@ if absent and the unwrapped
     value otherwise:
@@ -69,7 +73,10 @@
     Dhall records translate to JSON records:
 
 > $ dhall-to-json <<< '{ foo = 1, bar = True }'
-> {"foo":1,"bar":true}
+> {
+>   "bar": true,
+>   "foo": 1
+> }
 
     Dhall unions translate to the wrapped value:
 
@@ -85,7 +92,22 @@
 >     , MyType.Person { age = 35, name = "Alice" }
 >     ]
 > $ dhall-to-json <<< "./config"
-> [{"age":47,"name":"John"},{"location":"North Pole"},{"location":"Sahara Desert"},{"age":35,"name":"Alice"}]
+> [
+>   {
+>     "age": 47,
+>     "name": "John"
+>   },
+>   {
+>     "location": "North Pole"
+>   },
+>   {
+>     "location": "Sahara Desert"
+>   },
+>   {
+>     "age": 35,
+>     "name": "Alice"
+>   }
+> ]
 
     You can preserve the name of the alternative if you wrap the value in a
     record with three fields:
@@ -154,7 +176,13 @@
 >     ]
 
 > $ dhall-to-json <<< './example.dhall'
-> {"foo":null,"bar":[1,true]}
+> {
+>   "bar": [
+>     1,
+>     true
+>   ],
+>   "foo": null
+> }
 
     Also, all Dhall expressions are normalized before translation to JSON: