diff --git a/pkg/report/formatter.go b/pkg/report/formatter.go
index 1772f8765..22626fca1 100644
--- a/pkg/report/formatter.go
+++ b/pkg/report/formatter.go
@@ -59,16 +59,22 @@ type Formatter struct {
 func (f *Formatter) Parse(origin Origin, text string) (*Formatter, error) {
 	f.Origin = origin
 
+	// docker tries to be smart and replaces \n with the actual newline character.
+	// For compat we do the same but this will break formats such as '{{printf "\n"}}'
+	// To be backwards compatible with the previous behavior we try to replace and
+	// parse the template. If it fails use the original text and parse again.
+	var normText string
 	switch {
 	case strings.HasPrefix(text, "table "):
 		f.RenderTable = true
-		text = "{{range .}}" + NormalizeFormat(text) + "{{end -}}"
+		normText = "{{range .}}" + NormalizeFormat(text) + "{{end -}}"
+		text = "{{range .}}" + text + "{{end -}}"
 	case OriginUser == origin:
-		text = EnforceRange(NormalizeFormat(text))
+		normText = EnforceRange(NormalizeFormat(text))
+		text = EnforceRange(text)
 	default:
-		text = NormalizeFormat(text)
+		normText = NormalizeFormat(text)
 	}
-	f.text = text
 
 	if f.RenderTable || origin == OriginPodman {
 		tw := tabwriter.NewWriter(f.writer, 12, 2, 2, ' ', tabwriter.StripEscape)
@@ -77,10 +83,14 @@ func (f *Formatter) Parse(origin Origin, text string) (*Formatter, error) {
 		f.RenderHeaders = true
 	}
 
-	tmpl, err := f.template.Funcs(template.FuncMap(DefaultFuncs)).Parse(text)
+	tmpl, err := f.template.Funcs(template.FuncMap(DefaultFuncs)).Parse(normText)
 	if err != nil {
+		tmpl, err = f.template.Funcs(template.FuncMap(DefaultFuncs)).Parse(text)
+		f.template = tmpl
+		f.text = text
 		return f, err
 	}
+	f.text = normText
 	f.template = tmpl
 	return f, nil
 }
diff --git a/pkg/report/formatter_test.go b/pkg/report/formatter_test.go
index c828dcdf2..d84935c3e 100644
--- a/pkg/report/formatter_test.go
+++ b/pkg/report/formatter_test.go
@@ -82,6 +82,8 @@ func TestFormatter_ParseTable(t *testing.T) {
 		},
 		{&bytes.Buffer{}, OriginUser, "{{range .}}{{.ID}}\tID\n{{end}}", "c061a0839e\tID\nf10fc2e11057\tID\n1eb6fab5aa8f4b5cbfd3e66aa35e9b2a\tID\n\n"},
 		{&bytes.Buffer{}, OriginUser, `{{range .}}{{.ID}}{{end -}}`, "c061a0839ef10fc2e110571eb6fab5aa8f4b5cbfd3e66aa35e9b2a"},
+		// regression test for https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2059658 and https://github.com/containers/podman/issues/13446
+		{&bytes.Buffer{}, OriginUser, `{{range .}}{{printf "\n"}}{{end -}}`, "\n\n\n"},
 	}
 
 	for loop, tc := range testCase {
diff --git a/pkg/report/template_test.go b/pkg/report/template_test.go
index a7d5cac6e..01b775d0e 100644
--- a/pkg/report/template_test.go
+++ b/pkg/report/template_test.go
@@ -178,10 +178,10 @@ func TestTemplate_Newlines(t *testing.T) {
 		{Field1: "Three", Field2: 3, Field3: "Third"},
 	}
 
-	hdrs := Headers(input[0], map[string]string{"Field1": "Ein", "Field2": "Zwei", "Field3": "Drei"})
+	hdrs := Headers(input[0], map[string]string{"Field1": "Eins", "Field2": "Zwei", "Field3": "Drei"})
 
 	// Ensure no blank lines in table
-	expected := "EIN\tZWEI\tDREI\nOne\t1\tFirst\nTwo\t2\tSecond\nThree\t3\tThird\n"
+	expected := "EINS\tZWEI\tDREI\nOne\t1\tFirst\nTwo\t2\tSecond\nThree\t3\tThird\n"
 
 	format := NormalizeFormat("{{.Field1}}\t{{.Field2}}\t{{.Field3}}")
 	format = EnforceRange(format)