diff --git a/cli/src/alluxio.org/cli/cmd/info/report.go b/cli/src/alluxio.org/cli/cmd/info/report.go
index 6b792018ae9a..14fe7e0d3bfd 100644
--- a/cli/src/alluxio.org/cli/cmd/info/report.go
+++ b/cli/src/alluxio.org/cli/cmd/info/report.go
@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@ var Report = &ReportCommand{
 
 type ReportCommand struct {
 	*env.BaseJavaCommand
+	format string
 }
 
 func (c *ReportCommand) Base() *env.BaseJavaCommand {
@@ -56,6 +57,8 @@ Defaults to summary if no arg is provided
 			return c.Run(args)
 		},
 	})
+	cmd.Flags().StringVar(&c.format, "format", "json",
+		"Set output format, any of [json, yaml]")
 	return cmd
 }
 
@@ -78,5 +81,8 @@ func (c *ReportCommand) Run(args []string) error {
 		reportArg = args[0]
 	}
 	// TODO: output all in a serializable format and filter/trim as specified by flags
-	return c.Base().Run([]string{reportArg})
+	if c.format != "json" && c.format != "yaml" {
+		return stacktrace.NewError("Invalid format %v, must be one of [json, yaml]", c.format)
+	}
+	return c.Base().RunAndFormat(c.format, nil, []string{reportArg})
 }
diff --git a/cli/src/alluxio.org/cli/env/command.go b/cli/src/alluxio.org/cli/env/command.go
index a2ee82f3e25b..32e13e98fa93 100644
--- a/cli/src/alluxio.org/cli/env/command.go
+++ b/cli/src/alluxio.org/cli/env/command.go
@@ -114,7 +114,20 @@ func (c *BaseJavaCommand) RunWithIO(args []string, stdin io.Reader, stdout, stde
 func (c *BaseJavaCommand) RunAndFormat(format string, stdin io.Reader, args []string) error {
 	switch strings.ToLower(format) {
 	case "json":
-		return c.RunWithIO(args, stdin, os.Stdout, os.Stderr)
+		buf := &bytes.Buffer{}
+		if err := c.RunWithIO(args, stdin, buf, os.Stderr); err != nil {
+			io.Copy(os.Stdout, buf)
+			return err
+		}
+		var obj json.RawMessage
+		if err := json.Unmarshal(buf.Bytes(), &obj); err != nil {
+			return stacktrace.Propagate(err, "error unmarshalling json from java command")
+		}
+		prettyJson, err := json.MarshalIndent(obj, "", "    ")
+		if err != nil {
+			return stacktrace.Propagate(err, "error marshalling json to pretty format")
+		}
+		os.Stdout.Write(append(prettyJson, '\n'))
 	case "yaml":
 		buf := &bytes.Buffer{}
 		if err := c.RunWithIO(args, stdin, buf, os.Stderr); err != nil {