diff --git a/Lib/_pyrepl/commands.py b/Lib/_pyrepl/commands.py
index e94e8c25d379c1..6bffed1bfe9327 100644
--- a/Lib/_pyrepl/commands.py
+++ b/Lib/_pyrepl/commands.py
@@ -216,11 +216,13 @@ def do(self) -> None:
         import signal
 
         self.reader.console.finish()
+        self.reader.finish()
         os.kill(os.getpid(), signal.SIGINT)
 
 
 class ctrl_c(Command):
     def do(self) -> None:
+        self.reader.console.finish()
         self.reader.finish()
         raise KeyboardInterrupt
 
diff --git a/Lib/_pyrepl/simple_interact.py b/Lib/_pyrepl/simple_interact.py
index 256bbc7c6d7626..2e5698eb131684 100644
--- a/Lib/_pyrepl/simple_interact.py
+++ b/Lib/_pyrepl/simple_interact.py
@@ -149,7 +149,7 @@ def more_lines(unicodetext: str) -> bool:
             assert not more
             input_n += 1
         except KeyboardInterrupt:
-            console.write("\nKeyboardInterrupt\n")
+            console.write("KeyboardInterrupt\n")
             console.resetbuffer()
         except MemoryError:
             console.write("\nMemoryError\n")