diff --git a/lib/vty.c b/lib/vty.c
index 1b6886ca1d..78e83696ea 100644
--- a/lib/vty.c
+++ b/lib/vty.c
@@ -293,7 +293,7 @@ static int vty_json_helper(struct vty *vty, struct json_object *json,
 		return CMD_SUCCESS;
 
 	text = json_object_to_json_string_ext(
-		json, JSON_C_TO_STRING_PRETTY | JSON_C_TO_STRING_NOSLASHESCAPE);
+		json, options);
 	vty_out(vty, "%s\n", text);
 	json_object_free(json);