diff --git a/tools/perf/util/hist.c b/tools/perf/util/hist.c
index d2647b1d82c0..d9826cce6801 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/hist.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/hist.c
@@ -79,7 +79,7 @@ void hists__calc_col_len(struct hists *hists, struct hist_entry *h)
 
 	len = thread__comm_len(h->thread);
 	if (hists__new_col_len(hists, HISTC_COMM, len))
-		hists__set_col_len(hists, HISTC_THREAD, len + 6);
+		hists__set_col_len(hists, HISTC_THREAD, len + 8);
 
 	if (h->ms.map) {
 		len = dso__name_len(h->ms.map->dso);
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/sort.c b/tools/perf/util/sort.c
index 896d34ebcc1e..a764139af485 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/sort.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/sort.c
@@ -79,8 +79,8 @@ static int hist_entry__thread_snprintf(struct hist_entry *he, char *bf,
 {
 	const char *comm = thread__comm_str(he->thread);
 
-	width = max(7U, width) - 6;
-	return repsep_snprintf(bf, size, "%5d:%-*.*s", he->thread->tid,
+	width = max(7U, width) - 8;
+	return repsep_snprintf(bf, size, "%7d:%-*.*s", he->thread->tid,
 			       width, width, comm ?: "");
 }
 
@@ -95,7 +95,7 @@ static int hist_entry__thread_filter(struct hist_entry *he, int type, const void
 }
 
 struct sort_entry sort_thread = {
-	.se_header	= "  Pid:Command",
+	.se_header	= "    Pid:Command",
 	.se_cmp		= sort__thread_cmp,
 	.se_snprintf	= hist_entry__thread_snprintf,
 	.se_filter	= hist_entry__thread_filter,