diff --git a/pgcli/main.py b/pgcli/main.py
index eadc5d09..ff4091eb 100755
--- a/pgcli/main.py
+++ b/pgcli/main.py
@@ -350,7 +350,7 @@ def format_output(cur, headers, status, table_format):
         if is_expanded_output():
             output.append(expanded_table(cur, headers))
         else:
-            output.append(tabulate(cur, headers, tablefmt=table_format))
+            output.append(tabulate(cur, headers, tablefmt=table_format, missingval='<null>'))
     if status:  # Only print the status if it's not None.
         output.append(status)
     return output