diff --git a/include/conio.h b/include/conio.h
index 1bf994511..1f88ac3ce 100644
--- a/include/conio.h
+++ b/include/conio.h
@@ -118,10 +118,11 @@ char *cgets (char *buffer);
 **   - call cgets
 **   - buffer[1] will have the number of characters read
 **   - the actual string starts at buffer + 2
-**   - trailing CRLF are removed
 **   - terminating \0 is appended
 **   - therefore the maximum number of characters which can be read is the size
 **     of the buffer - 3!
+**   - note: CR/LF are NOT echoed, typically a following call to cputs or
+**     cprintf will need "\r\n" prepended - "standard" behavior
 **
 **   param: buffer - where to save the input
 **  return: buffer + 2 (i.e. start of the string) if successful, NULL otherwise
diff --git a/libsrc/conio/cgets.c b/libsrc/conio/cgets.c
index c0f7f8e0c..bb24f97de 100644
--- a/libsrc/conio/cgets.c
+++ b/libsrc/conio/cgets.c
@@ -6,12 +6,9 @@
 */
 
 #include <stddef.h>
-#include <string.h>
 #include <conio.h>
-
-#ifndef CRLF
-#define CRLF    "\r\n"
-#endif  /* CRLF */
+#include <string.h>
+#include <ctype.h>
 
 enum {CGETS_SIZE, CGETS_READ, CGETS_DATA, CGETS_HDR_LEN = CGETS_DATA};
 
@@ -25,32 +22,29 @@ char *cgets (char *buffer)
 **   - call cgets
 **   - buffer[1] will have the number of characters read
 **   - the actual string starts at buffer + 2
-**   - trailing CRLF are removed
 **   - terminating \0 is appended
 **   - therefore the maximum number of characters which can be read is the size
 **     of the buffer - 3!
+**   - note: CR/LF are NOT echoed, typically a following call to cputs or
+**     cprintf will need "\r\n" prepended - this is standard behavior!
 **
 **   param: buffer - where to save the input
-**  return: buffer + 2 (or start of the string) if successful, NULL otherwise
-**     see: cgetsx for equivalent functionality but with a saner interface!
+**  return: buffer + 2 (i.e. start of the string) or NULL if buffer is NULL
 */
 {
-    /* Default to NULL */
-    char *result = NULL;
+    /* Return buffer + 2 or NULL if buffer is NULL */
+    char *result = buffer? buffer + CGETS_HDR_LEN: NULL;
 
-    if (buffer && buffer[CGETS_SIZE]) {
+    if (result) {
         /* Initialize just in case the caller didn't! */
         buffer[CGETS_READ] = 0;
         buffer[CGETS_DATA] = '\0';
 
-        /* Call cgetsx to do the real work */
-        result = cgetsx (buffer + CGETS_HDR_LEN, (unsigned char)buffer[CGETS_SIZE]);
+        /* Call cgetsx to do the real work, ignore the result! */
+        cgetsx (result, (unsigned char)buffer[CGETS_SIZE]);
 
-        /* Trim trailing CRLF and set how many characters were read */
-        if (result) {
-            result[strcspn (result, CRLF)] = '\0';
-            buffer[CGETS_READ] = (unsigned char)strlen (result);
-        }
+        /* Set how many characters were read */
+        buffer[CGETS_READ] = (unsigned char)strlen (result);
     }
 
     /* Done */
@@ -61,8 +55,8 @@ static char *cgetsx (char *buffer, int size)
 /* Like fgets but specifically for the console. Stops when CR/LF or size - 1
 ** characters are read. Will append a terminating \0, so at most size - 1
 ** characters can be read. Note that this function could be made public and
-** have features like cursor vs no-cursor, and/or echo vs echo-pwd vs no-echo
-** added to extend the functionality.
+** have features added like cursor vs no-cursor, echo vs echo-pwd vs no-echo,
+** or CR/LF handling to extend the functionality.
 **
 **   param: buffer - where to save the input
 **   param: size - the size of buffer
@@ -91,27 +85,25 @@ static char *cgetsx (char *buffer, int size)
                     x = wherex ();
                     y = x? y: y - 1;
                     x = x? x - 1: w;
-                    /* Clear the character and the cursor */
+                    /* Clear the character */
                     gotoxy (x, y);
-                    cputs ("  ");
+                    cputc (' ');
                     gotoxy (x, y);
                 }
-            /* Handle CRLF */
-            } else if (strchr (CRLF, c)) {
-                /* Clear the cursor and advance to the next line */
-                cputs (" " CRLF);
-                buffer[i] = c;
-                buffer[++i] = '\0';
-                break;
             /* Handle regular characters */
-            } else {
+            } else if (isprint (c)) {
                 cputc (c);
                 buffer[i] = c;
                 buffer[++i] = '\0';
+            /* Handle CR/LF */
+            } else if (c == '\r' || c == '\n') {
+                buffer[i] = '\0';
+                break;
             }
         }
         cursor (0);
     }
 
+    /* Done */
     return (i > 0)? buffer: NULL;
 }