diff --git a/cmds/lshal/ListCommand.cpp b/cmds/lshal/ListCommand.cpp
index 710b6e4..38b406c 100644
--- a/cmds/lshal/ListCommand.cpp
+++ b/cmds/lshal/ListCommand.cpp
@@ -344,10 +344,14 @@
     mImplementationsTable.description =
             "All available passthrough implementations (all -impl.so files)";
     forEachTable([this] (const Table &table) {
-        mOut << table.description << std::endl;
+        if (!mNeat) {
+            mOut << table.description << std::endl;
+        }
         mOut << std::left;
-        printLine("Interface", "Transport", "Arch", "Server", "Server CMD",
-                  "PTR", "Clients", "Clients CMD");
+        if (!mNeat) {
+            printLine("Interface", "Transport", "Arch", "Server", "Server CMD",
+                      "PTR", "Clients", "Clients CMD");
+        }
 
         for (const auto &entry : table) {
             printLine(entry.interfaceName,
@@ -369,7 +373,9 @@
                         NullableOStream<std::ostream>(nullptr));
             }
         }
-        mOut << std::endl;
+        if (!mNeat) {
+            mOut << std::endl;
+        }
     });
 
 }
@@ -593,6 +599,7 @@
         // long options without short alternatives
         {"sort",      required_argument, 0, 's' },
         {"init-vintf",optional_argument, 0, 'v' },
+        {"neat",      no_argument,       0, 'n' },
         { 0,          0,                 0,  0  }
     };
 
@@ -672,6 +679,10 @@
             }
             break;
         }
+        case 'n': {
+            mNeat = true;
+            break;
+        }
         case 'h': // falls through
         default: // see unrecognized options
             mLshal.usage(command);
diff --git a/cmds/lshal/ListCommand.h b/cmds/lshal/ListCommand.h
index 42c965f..f367d7f 100644
--- a/cmds/lshal/ListCommand.h
+++ b/cmds/lshal/ListCommand.h
@@ -85,7 +85,12 @@
     // If true, calls IBase::debug(...) on each service.
     bool mEmitDebugInfo = false;
 
+    // If true, output in VINTF format.
     bool mVintf = false;
+
+    // If true, explanatory text are not emitted.
+    bool mNeat = false;
+
     // If an entry does not exist, need to ask /proc/{pid}/cmdline to get it.
     // If an entry exist but is an empty string, process might have died.
     // If an entry exist and not empty, it contains the cached content of /proc/{pid}/cmdline.