diff --git a/.gitattributes b/.gitattributes
index 4304d08c..38cef04d 100644
--- a/.gitattributes
+++ b/.gitattributes
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 * text=auto
-test/fixtures/csv/newLine.csv text eol=crlf
+test/fixtures/csv/eol.csv text eol=crlf
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index e0167b18..9b346411 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -65,8 +65,7 @@ try {
   - `quote` - String, quote around cell values and column names. Defaults to `"` if not specified.
   - `doubleQuote` - String, the value to replace double quote in strings. Defaults to 2x`quotes` (for example `""`) if not specified.
   - `noHeader` - Boolean, determines whether or not CSV file will contain a title column. Defaults to `true` if not specified.
-  - `eol` - String, it gets added to each row of data. Defaults to `` if not specified.
-  - `newLine` - String, overrides the default OS line ending (i.e. `\n` on Unix and `\r\n` on Windows).
+  - `eol` - String, overrides the default OS line ending (i.e. `\n` on Unix and `\r\n` on Windows).
   - `flatten` - Boolean, flattens nested JSON using [flat]. Defaults to `false`.
   - `unwindPath` - Array of Strings, creates multiple rows from a single JSON document similar to MongoDB's $unwind
   - `excelStrings` - Boolean, converts string data into normalized Excel style data.
@@ -409,8 +408,7 @@ Usage: json2csv [options]
     -f, --fields <fields>        Specify the fields to convert.
     -l, --fieldList [list]       Specify a file with a list of fields to include. One field per line.
     -d, --delimiter [delimiter]  Specify a delimiter other than the default comma to use.
-    -e, --eol [value]            Specify an EOL value after each row.
-    -z, --newLine [value]        Specify an new line value for separating rows.
+    -e, --eol [value]            Specify an End-of-Line value for separating rows.
     -q, --quote [value]          Specify an alternate quote value.
     -n, --no-header              Disable the column name header
     -F, --flatten                Flatten nested objects
diff --git a/bin/json2csv.js b/bin/json2csv.js
index aff2e22e..762623a2 100755
--- a/bin/json2csv.js
+++ b/bin/json2csv.js
@@ -19,8 +19,7 @@ program
   .option('-l, --fieldList [list]', 'Specify a file with a list of fields to include. One field per line.')
   .option('-d, --delimiter [delimiter]', 'Specify a delimiter other than the default comma to use.')
   .option('-v, --defaultValue [defaultValue]', 'Specify a default value other than empty string.')
-  .option('-e, --eol [value]', 'Specify an EOL value after each row.')
-  .option('-z, --newLine [value]', 'Specify an new line value for separating rows.')
+  .option('-e, --eol [value]', 'Specify an End-of-Line value for separating rows.')
   .option('-q, --quote [value]', 'Specify an alternate quote value.')
   .option('-dq, --doubleQuotes [value]', 'Specify a value to replace double quote in strings')
   .option('-n, --no-header', 'Disable the column name header')
@@ -127,10 +126,6 @@ getFields(function (err, fields) {
       opts.eol = program.eol;
     }
 
-    if (program.newLine) {
-      opts.newLine = program.newLine;
-    }
-
     if (program.unwindPath) {
       opts.unwindPath = program.unwindPath.split(',');
     }
diff --git a/index.d.ts b/index.d.ts
index 2f4420fe..9fc7fddc 100644
--- a/index.d.ts
+++ b/index.d.ts
@@ -26,7 +26,6 @@ declare namespace json2csv {
     doubleQuote?: string;
     noHeader?: boolean;
     eol?: string;
-    newLine?: string;
     flatten?: boolean;
     unwindPath?: string | string[];
     excelStrings?: boolean;
diff --git a/lib/json2csv.js b/lib/json2csv.js
index 51cdf39e..3cf044cd 100644
--- a/lib/json2csv.js
+++ b/lib/json2csv.js
@@ -21,8 +21,7 @@ var flatten = require('flat');
  * @property {String} [quote='"'] - quote around cell values and column names
  * @property {String} [doubleQuote='""'] - the value to replace double quote in strings
  * @property {Boolean} [noHeader=true] - determines whether or not CSV file will contain a title column
- * @property {String} [eol=''] - it gets added to each row of data
- * @property {String} [newLine] - overrides the default OS line ending (\n on Unix \r\n on Windows)
+ * @property {String} [eol=''] - overrides the default OS line ending (\n on Unix \r\n on Windows)
  * @property {Boolean} [flatten=false] - flattens nested JSON using flat (https://www.npmjs.com/package/flat)
  * @property {String[]} [unwindPath] - similar to MongoDB's $unwind, Deconstructs an array field from the input JSON to output a row for each element
  * @property {Boolean} [excelStrings] - converts string data into normalized Excel style data
@@ -122,7 +121,7 @@ function checkParams(params) {
   params.delimiter = params.delimiter || ',';
 
   //#check end of line character
-  params.eol = params.eol || '';
+  params.eol = params.eol || os.EOL || '\n';
 
   //#check quotation mark
   params.quote = typeof params.quote === 'string' ? params.quote : '"';
@@ -210,7 +209,6 @@ function createColumnContent(params, str) {
     //if null do nothing, if empty object without includeEmptyRows do nothing
     if (dataElement && (Object.getOwnPropertyNames(dataElement).length > 0 || params.includeEmptyRows)) {
       var line = '';
-      var eol = params.newLine || os.EOL || '\n';
 
       params.fields.forEach(function (fieldElement) {
         var val;
@@ -296,9 +294,9 @@ function createColumnContent(params, str) {
 
       //If header exists, add it, otherwise, print only content
       if (str !== '') {
-        str += eol + line + params.eol;
+        str += params.eol + line;
       } else {
-        str = line + params.eol;
+        str = line;
       }
     }
   });
diff --git a/test/fixtures/csv/eol.csv b/test/fixtures/csv/eol.csv
index e32db90c..bf2246de 100644
--- a/test/fixtures/csv/eol.csv
+++ b/test/fixtures/csv/eol.csv
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 "carModel","price","color"
-"Audi",0,"blue";
-"BMW",15000,"red";
-"Mercedes",20000,"yellow";
-"Porsche",30000,"green";
\ No newline at end of file
+"Audi",0,"blue"
+"BMW",15000,"red"
+"Mercedes",20000,"yellow"
+"Porsche",30000,"green"
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/test/fixtures/csv/newLine.csv b/test/fixtures/csv/newLine.csv
deleted file mode 100644
index bf2246de..00000000
--- a/test/fixtures/csv/newLine.csv
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,5 +0,0 @@
-"carModel","price","color"
-"Audi",0,"blue"
-"BMW",15000,"red"
-"Mercedes",20000,"yellow"
-"Porsche",30000,"green"
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/test/fixtures/json/newLine.json b/test/fixtures/json/eol.json
similarity index 100%
rename from test/fixtures/json/newLine.json
rename to test/fixtures/json/eol.json
diff --git a/test/helpers/load-fixtures.js b/test/helpers/load-fixtures.js
index 48ddc8fc..137e05d5 100644
--- a/test/helpers/load-fixtures.js
+++ b/test/helpers/load-fixtures.js
@@ -16,7 +16,6 @@ var fixtures = [
   'reversed',
   'tsv',
   'eol',
-  'newLine',
   'fieldNames',
   'withSimpleQuotes',
   'nested',
diff --git a/test/index.js b/test/index.js
index 7f6b2ed2..7abff115 100644
--- a/test/index.js
+++ b/test/index.js
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ var jsonOverriddenDefaultValue = require('./fixtures/json/overridenDefaultValue'
 var jsonEmptyRow = require('./fixtures/json/emptyRow');
 var jsonUnwind = require('./fixtures/json/unwind');
 var jsonUnwind2 = require('./fixtures/json/unwind2');
-var jsonNewLine = require('./fixtures/json/newLine');
+var jsonEOL = require('./fixtures/json/eol');
 var jsonSpecialCharacters = require('./fixtures/json/specialCharacters');
 var csvFixtures = {};
 
@@ -264,7 +264,7 @@ async.parallel(loadFixtures(csvFixtures), function (err) {
     json2csv({
       data: jsonDefault,
       fields: ['carModel', 'price', 'color'],
-      eol: ';'
+      eol: '\r\n'
     }, function (error, csv) {
       t.error(error);
       t.equal(csv, csvFixtures.eol);
@@ -272,18 +272,6 @@ async.parallel(loadFixtures(csvFixtures), function (err) {
     });
   });
 
-  test('should use a custom eol character when \'newLine\' property is present', function (t) {
-    json2csv({
-      data: jsonDefault,
-      fields: ['carModel', 'price', 'color'],
-      newLine: '\r\n'
-    }, function (error, csv) {
-      t.error(error);
-      t.equal(csv, csvFixtures.newLine);
-      t.end();
-    });
-  });
-
   test('should name columns as specified in \'fieldNames\' property', function (t) {
     json2csv({
       data: jsonDefault,
@@ -489,7 +477,7 @@ async.parallel(loadFixtures(csvFixtures), function (err) {
   test('should escape " when preceeded by \\', function (t){
     json2csv({
       data: [{field: '\\"'}],
-      newLine: '\n'
+      eol: '\n'
     }, function (error, csv){
       t.error(error);
       t.equal(csv, '"field"\n"\\"""');
@@ -712,9 +700,9 @@ async.parallel(loadFixtures(csvFixtures), function (err) {
 
   test('should not preserve new lines in values by default', function(t) {
     json2csv({
-      data: jsonNewLine,
+      data: jsonEOL,
       fields: ['a string'],
-      newLine: '\r\n',
+      eol: '\r\n',
     }, function(error, csv) {
       t.error(error);
       t.equal(csv, [
@@ -728,9 +716,9 @@ async.parallel(loadFixtures(csvFixtures), function (err) {
 
   test('should preserve new lines in values when options.preserveNewLinesInValues is true', function(t) {
     json2csv({
-      data: jsonNewLine,
+      data: jsonEOL,
       fields: ['a string'],
-      newLine: '\r\n',
+      eol: '\r\n',
       preserveNewLinesInValues: true,
     }, function(error, csv) {
       t.error(error);