diff --git a/integration_tests/__tests__/__snapshots__/failures.test.js.snap b/integration_tests/__tests__/__snapshots__/failures.test.js.snap
index 98e588e7107f..bf9554f627e8 100644
--- a/integration_tests/__tests__/__snapshots__/failures.test.js.snap
+++ b/integration_tests/__tests__/__snapshots__/failures.test.js.snap
@@ -150,7 +150,7 @@ exports[`works with node assert 1`] = `
     - Expected
     + Received
     
-    Object {
+      Object {
         \\"a\\": Object {
           \\"b\\": Object {
     -       \\"c\\": 6,
@@ -178,7 +178,7 @@ exports[`works with node assert 1`] = `
     - Expected
     + Received
     
-    Object {
+      Object {
         \\"a\\": Object {
           \\"b\\": Object {
     -       \\"c\\": 7,
@@ -247,7 +247,7 @@ exports[`works with node assert 1`] = `
     - Expected
     + Received
     
-    Object {
+      Object {
     -   \\"a\\": 2,
     +   \\"a\\": 1,
       }
diff --git a/packages/jest-diff/src/diff_strings.js b/packages/jest-diff/src/diff_strings.js
index 50da0c69b30f..56fbe03e3d52 100644
--- a/packages/jest-diff/src/diff_strings.js
+++ b/packages/jest-diff/src/diff_strings.js
@@ -71,12 +71,11 @@ const diffLines = (a: string, b: string): Diff => {
           .map(line => {
             const highlightedLine = highlightTrailingWhitespace(line, bgColor);
             const mark = color(part.added ? '+' : part.removed ? '-' : ' ');
-            return mark + ' ' + color(highlightedLine) + '\n';
+            return mark + ' ' + color(highlightedLine);
           })
-          .join('');
+          .join('\n');
       })
-      .join('')
-      .trim(),
+      .join('\n'),
     isDifferent,
   };
 };
@@ -125,17 +124,16 @@ const structuredPatch = (a: string, b: string, contextLines?: number): Diff => {
             const bgColor = getBgColor(added, removed);
 
             const highlightedLine = highlightTrailingWhitespace(line, bgColor);
-            return color(highlightedLine) + '\n';
+            return color(highlightedLine);
           })
-          .join('');
+          .join('\n');
 
         isDifferent = true;
         return shouldShowPatchMarks(hunk, oldLinesCount)
           ? createPatchMark(hunk) + lines
           : lines;
       })
-      .join('')
-      .trim(),
+      .join('\n'),
     isDifferent,
   };
 };