diff --git a/contrib/netcat/netcat.c b/contrib/netcat/netcat.c
--- a/contrib/netcat/netcat.c
+++ b/contrib/netcat/netcat.c
@@ -167,10 +167,10 @@
 	struct addrinfo proxyhints;
 	char unix_dg_tmp_socket_buf[UNIX_DG_TMP_SOCKET_SIZE];
 	struct option longopts[] = {
+		{ "crlf",	no_argument,	&FreeBSD_crlf,	1 },
 		{ "no-tcpopt",	no_argument,	&FreeBSD_Oflag,	1 },
 		{ "sctp",	no_argument,	&FreeBSD_sctp,	1 },
 		{ "tun",	required_argument,	NULL,	FREEBSD_TUN },
-		{ "crlf",	no_argument,	&FreeBSD_crlf,	1 },
 		{ NULL,		0,		NULL,		0 }
 	};
 
@@ -1056,7 +1056,7 @@
 
 	if (crlf) {
 		lf = memchr(buf, '\n', *bufpos);
-		if (lf && (lf == buf || *(lf-1) != '\r'))
+		if (lf && (lf == buf || *(lf - 1) != '\r'))
 			n = lf - buf;
 		else
 			lf = NULL;