diff --git a/pkg/describe/describe.go b/pkg/describe/describe.go
index dcd426278..874ee125f 100644
--- a/pkg/describe/describe.go
+++ b/pkg/describe/describe.go
@@ -4570,14 +4570,12 @@ func (d *ConfigMapDescriber) Describe(namespace, name string, describerSettings
 		w.Write(LEVEL_0, "\nData\n====\n")
 		for _, k := range slices.Sorted(maps.Keys(configMap.Data)) {
 			v := configMap.Data[k]
-			w.Write(LEVEL_0, "%s:\n----\n", k)
-			w.Write(LEVEL_0, "%s\n", string(v))
-			w.Write(LEVEL_0, "\n")
+			w.Write(LEVEL_0, "%s:\t%s\n", k, string(v))
 		}
 		w.Write(LEVEL_0, "\nBinaryData\n====\n")
 		for _, k := range slices.Sorted(maps.Keys(configMap.BinaryData)) {
 			v := configMap.BinaryData[k]
-			w.Write(LEVEL_0, "%s: %s bytes\n", k, strconv.Itoa(len(v)))
+			w.Write(LEVEL_0, "%s:\t%s bytes\n", k, strconv.Itoa(len(v)))
 		}
 		w.Write(LEVEL_0, "\n")
 
diff --git a/pkg/describe/describe_test.go b/pkg/describe/describe_test.go
index 0a397977c..6bf340f86 100644
--- a/pkg/describe/describe_test.go
+++ b/pkg/describe/describe_test.go
@@ -721,19 +721,13 @@ Annotations:  <none>
 
 Data
 ====
-key1:
-----
-value1
-
-key2:
-----
-value2
-
+key1:  value1
+key2:  value2
 
 BinaryData
 ====
-binarykey1: 5 bytes
-binarykey2: 6 bytes
+binarykey1:  5 bytes
+binarykey2:  6 bytes
 
 Events:  <none>
 `