diff --git a/demos/demo_operation_log.sh b/demos/demo_operation_log.sh
index 3e6072c26..d566d4aa5 100755
--- a/demos/demo_operation_log.sh
+++ b/demos/demo_operation_log.sh
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@ run_command "jj describe -m stuff"
 pause 2
 run_command "jj rebase -d test"
 pause 2
+run_command ""
 run_command "# We are now going to make another change off of"
 run_command "# master:"
 run_command "jj co master"
@@ -44,6 +45,7 @@ expect -re "o ..34m(.*?)..0m "
 set rebase_op $expect_out(1,string)
 expect_prompt
 pause 7
+run_command ""
 run_command "# Let'\''s undo that rebase operation:"
 run_command "jj undo -o $rebase_op"
 pause 3
@@ -58,6 +60,7 @@ pause 5
 run_command "# Looks nice, let'\''s go back to that point:"
 run_command "jj op restore -o $rebase_op"
 pause 2
+run_command ""
 run_command "# We'\''re now back to before the \"other stuff\""
 run_command "# change existed:"
 run_command "jj log"
diff --git a/demos/demo_resolve_conflict.sh b/demos/demo_resolve_conflict.sh
index da37459b2..568d7475b 100755
--- a/demos/demo_resolve_conflict.sh
+++ b/demos/demo_resolve_conflict.sh
@@ -18,12 +18,15 @@ run_command "jj describe -m \"README: say which world\""
 run_command "echo \"Hello Earth!\" > README"
 run_command "jj diff"
 pause 2
+run_command ""
 run_command "# We'\''re going to rebase it onto commit b1."
 run_command "# That commit looks like this:"
 run_command "jj diff -r b1"
 pause 2
+run_command ""
 run_command "# Now rebase:"
 run_command "jj rebase -d b1"
+run_command ""
 run_command "# Huh, that seemed to succeed. Let'\''s take a"
 run_command "# look at the repo:"
 pause 3
@@ -35,17 +38,21 @@ run_command "# conflict. The file in the working copy looks"
 run_command "# like this:"
 run_command "cat README"
 pause 5
+run_command ""
 run_command "# Now we will resolve the conflict:"
 run_command "echo \"Hello earth!\" > README"
 pause 2
+run_command ""
 run_command "# The diff of the conflict resolution looks"
 run_command "# like this:"
 run_command "jj diff"
 pause 5
+run_command ""
 run_command "# We now squash the conflict resolution into"
 run_command "# the conflicted parent change:"
 run_command "jj squash"
 pause 2
+run_command ""
 run_command "# Looks good now:"
 run_command "jj log"
 pause 3
diff --git a/demos/demo_working_copy.sh b/demos/demo_working_copy.sh
index 1a3aaba4d..f12502bcc 100755
--- a/demos/demo_working_copy.sh
+++ b/demos/demo_working_copy.sh
@@ -14,27 +14,34 @@ run_command "jj log"
 pause 5
 run_command "jj status"
 pause 2
+run_command ""
 run_command "# Now make some changes in the working copy:"
 run_command "echo \"Goodbye World!\" > README"
 run_command "echo stuff > new-file"
+run_command ""
 run_command "# Our working copy'\''s commit ID changed"
 run_command "# because we made changes:"
 run_command "jj status"
 pause 5
+run_command ""
 run_command "# Add a branch so we can easily refer to this"
 run_command "# commit:"
 run_command "jj branch goodbye"
 pause 2
+run_command ""
 run_command "# Start working on a new change off of master:"
 run_command "jj co master"
 pause 2
+run_command ""
 run_command "# Note that the working copy is now clean; the"
 run_command "# \"goodbye\" change stayed in its own commit:"
 run_command "jj status"
 pause 5
+run_command ""
 run_command "# Modify a file in this new change:"
 run_command "echo \"Hello everyone!\" > README"
 pause 2
+run_command ""
 run_command "# The working copy is not special; we can, for"
 run_command "# example, set the description of any commit."
 run_command "# First, set it on the working copy:"
@@ -43,6 +50,7 @@ pause 2
 run_command "# Now set it on the change we worked on before:"
 run_command "jj describe goodbye -m goodbye"
 pause 2
+run_command ""
 run_command "# Inspect the result:"
 run_command "jj log"
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