diff --git a/changelogs/fragments/terminal_initial_newline.yaml b/changelogs/fragments/terminal_initial_newline.yaml
index 2cc78bdad..de6e94017 100644
--- a/changelogs/fragments/terminal_initial_newline.yaml
+++ b/changelogs/fragments/terminal_initial_newline.yaml
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 minor_changes:
-  - network_cli - add `terminal_initial_newline` parameter as an option for terminal plugins.
\ No newline at end of file
+  - network_cli - add `terminal_initial_newline` parameter as an option for terminal plugins.
diff --git a/docs/ansible.netcommon.network_cli_connection.rst b/docs/ansible.netcommon.network_cli_connection.rst
index 35250272d..5590c8e21 100644
--- a/docs/ansible.netcommon.network_cli_connection.rst
+++ b/docs/ansible.netcommon.network_cli_connection.rst
@@ -540,6 +540,26 @@ Parameters
                         <div>The answer to reply with if the <code>terminal_initial_prompt</code> is matched. The value can be a single answer or a list of answers for multiple terminal_initial_prompt. In case the login menu has multiple prompts the sequence of the prompt and excepted answer should be in same order and the value of <em>terminal_prompt_checkall</em> should be set to <em>True</em> if all the values in <code>terminal_initial_prompt</code> are expected to be matched and set to <em>False</em> if any one login prompt is to be matched.</div>
                 </td>
             </tr>
+            <tr>
+                <td colspan="1">
+                    <div class="ansibleOptionAnchor" id="parameter-"></div>
+                    <b>terminal_initial_newline</b>
+                    <a class="ansibleOptionLink" href="#parameter-" title="Permalink to this option"></a>
+                    <div style="font-size: small">
+                        <span style="color: purple">boolean</span>
+                    </div>
+                </td>
+                <td>
+                        <b>Default:</b><br/><div style="color: blue">"no"</div>
+                </td>
+                    <td>
+                                <div>var: ansible_terminal_inital_newline</div>
+                    </td>
+                <td>
+                        <div>This boolean flag, that when set to <em>True</em> will send newline on initial connection establishment to the remote device.</div>
+                        <div>This can be useful for equipment which does not send an initial header until it receives some input, like Serial-to-SSH multiplexer hardware.</div>
+                </td>
+            </tr>
             <tr>
                 <td colspan="1">
                     <div class="ansibleOptionAnchor" id="parameter-"></div>
diff --git a/plugins/connection/network_cli.py b/plugins/connection/network_cli.py
index 6da0485e9..3984784ca 100644
--- a/plugins/connection/network_cli.py
+++ b/plugins/connection/network_cli.py
@@ -667,7 +667,8 @@ def _connect(self):
             )
 
             terminal_initial_newline = (
-                    self.get_option("terminal_initial_newline") or self._terminal.terminal_initial_newline
+                self.get_option("terminal_initial_newline")
+                or self._terminal.terminal_initial_newline
             )
 
             terminal_initial_prompt = (
@@ -683,11 +684,7 @@ def _connect(self):
             check_all = self.get_option("terminal_initial_prompt_checkall") or False
 
             if terminal_initial_newline:
-                self.send(
-                    command=b"",
-                    sendonly=True,
-                    newline=True
-                )
+                self.send(command=b"", sendonly=True, newline=True)
 
             self.receive(
                 prompts=terminal_initial_prompt,