diff --git a/Library/Homebrew/cmd/deps.rb b/Library/Homebrew/cmd/deps.rb
index 9e6d450f3436..eb819ef541e7 100644
--- a/Library/Homebrew/cmd/deps.rb
+++ b/Library/Homebrew/cmd/deps.rb
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 
 def recursive_deps_tree f, level
   f.deps.each do |dep|
-    puts "> "*level+dep.to_s
+    puts "|  "*(level-1)+"|- "+dep.to_s
     recursive_deps_tree(Formula.factory(dep), level+1)
   end
 end