diff --git a/RunCommand.Test/LineOutputHandlerTests.cs b/RunCommand.Test/LineOutputHandlerTests.cs
index 46f2e94..3b397c8 100644
--- a/RunCommand.Test/LineOutputHandlerTests.cs
+++ b/RunCommand.Test/LineOutputHandlerTests.cs
@@ -7,6 +7,9 @@ public class LineOutputHandlerTests
 {
 	private static readonly string[] ExpectedXY = ["x", "y"];
 	private static readonly string[] ExpectedEveryLineEndingKind = ["a", "b", "c", "d", ""];
+	private static readonly string[] ExpectedALast = ["a", "last"];
+	private static readonly string[] ExpectedALastNext = ["a", "last", "next"];
+	private static readonly string[] ExpectedOops = ["oops"];
 
 	[TestMethod]
 	public void HandleStandardOutputDataShouldProcessLinesCorrectly()
@@ -159,4 +162,70 @@ public void HandleStandardOutputDataShouldSplitOnEveryLineEndingKind()
 		Assert.AreSequenceEqual(ExpectedEveryLineEndingKind, lines);
 		Assert.AreEqual("e", handler.outputBuffer);
 	}
+
+	[TestMethod]
+	public void CompleteShouldDeliverTheFinalUnterminatedLine()
+	{
+		// Arrange
+		List<string> output = [];
+		List<string> error = [];
+		LineOutputHandler handler = new(onStandardOutput: output.Add, onStandardError: error.Add);
+		handler.HandleStandardOutputData("a\nlast");
+		handler.HandleStandardErrorData("oops");
+
+		// Act
+		handler.Complete();
+
+		// Assert
+		Assert.AreSequenceEqual(ExpectedALast, output);
+		Assert.AreSequenceEqual(ExpectedOops, error);
+		Assert.AreEqual("", handler.outputBuffer);
+		Assert.AreEqual("", handler.errorBuffer);
+	}
+
+	[TestMethod]
+	public void CompleteShouldNotEmitAnExtraLineWhenOutputEndsOnALineBreak()
+	{
+		// Arrange
+		List<string> lines = [];
+		LineOutputHandler handler = new(onStandardOutput: lines.Add);
+		handler.HandleStandardOutputData("a\nlast\n");
+
+		// Act
+		handler.Complete();
+
+		// Assert
+		Assert.AreSequenceEqual(ExpectedALast, lines);
+	}
+
+	[TestMethod]
+	public void CompleteShouldTreatATrailingCarriageReturnAsALineBreak()
+	{
+		// Arrange
+		List<string> lines = [];
+		LineOutputHandler handler = new(onStandardOutput: lines.Add);
+		handler.HandleStandardOutputData("a\rlast\r");
+
+		// Act
+		handler.Complete();
+
+		// Assert
+		Assert.AreSequenceEqual(ExpectedALast, lines);
+	}
+
+	[TestMethod]
+	public void CompleteShouldKeepAPartialLineFromLeakingIntoTheNextRun()
+	{
+		// Arrange
+		List<string> lines = [];
+		LineOutputHandler handler = new(onStandardOutput: lines.Add);
+		handler.HandleStandardOutputData("a\nlast");
+		handler.Complete();
+
+		// Act
+		handler.HandleStandardOutputData("next\n");
+
+		// Assert
+		Assert.AreSequenceEqual(ExpectedALastNext, lines);
+	}
 }
diff --git a/RunCommand.Test/RunCommandTests.cs b/RunCommand.Test/RunCommandTests.cs
index c5090f7..3a34051 100644
--- a/RunCommand.Test/RunCommandTests.cs
+++ b/RunCommand.Test/RunCommandTests.cs
@@ -11,6 +11,9 @@ namespace ktsu.RunCommand.Test;
 [TestClass]
 public class RunCommandTests
 {
+	private static readonly string[] ExpectedALast = ["a", "last"];
+	private static readonly string[] ExpectedALastNext = ["a", "last", "next"];
+
 	private static string GetCopyCommand(string source, string destination) =>
 		RuntimeInformation.IsOSPlatform(OSPlatform.Windows)
 			? $"cmd /c copy \"{source}\" \"{destination}\""
@@ -967,4 +970,42 @@ public async Task ExecuteAsyncShouldDeliverOutputStillInThePipeWhenTheProcessExi
 			File.Delete(path);
 		}
 	}
+
+	/// <summary>
+	/// Returns a command that prints a file's contents unchanged.
+	/// </summary>
+	private static (string FileName, string[] Arguments) GetPrintFileCommand(string path) =>
+		RuntimeInformation.IsOSPlatform(OSPlatform.Windows)
+			? ("cmd", ["/c", "type", path])
+			: ("cat", [path]);
+
+	[TestMethod]
+	public async Task LineOutputHandlerShouldDeliverAFinalLineWithoutALineBreakAndNotCarryItIntoTheNextRun()
+	{
+		string first = Path.Join(Path.GetTempPath(), $"{nameof(RunCommandTests)}.{nameof(LineOutputHandlerShouldDeliverAFinalLineWithoutALineBreakAndNotCarryItIntoTheNextRun)}.1.txt");
+		string second = Path.Join(Path.GetTempPath(), $"{nameof(RunCommandTests)}.{nameof(LineOutputHandlerShouldDeliverAFinalLineWithoutALineBreakAndNotCarryItIntoTheNextRun)}.2.txt");
+		await File.WriteAllTextAsync(first, "a\nlast").ConfigureAwait(false);
+		await File.WriteAllTextAsync(second, "next\n").ConfigureAwait(false);
+
+		try
+		{
+			List<string> lines = [];
+			LineOutputHandler handler = new(onStandardOutput: lines.Add);
+
+			(string fileName, string[] arguments) = GetPrintFileCommand(first);
+			int exitCode = await RunCommand.ExecuteAsync(fileName, arguments, handler).ConfigureAwait(false);
+			Assert.AreEqual(0, exitCode);
+			Assert.AreSequenceEqual(ExpectedALast, lines);
+
+			(fileName, arguments) = GetPrintFileCommand(second);
+			exitCode = await RunCommand.ExecuteAsync(fileName, arguments, handler).ConfigureAwait(false);
+			Assert.AreEqual(0, exitCode);
+			Assert.AreSequenceEqual(ExpectedALastNext, lines);
+		}
+		finally
+		{
+			File.Delete(first);
+			File.Delete(second);
+		}
+	}
 }
diff --git a/RunCommand/LineOutputHandler.cs b/RunCommand/LineOutputHandler.cs
index c8044ac..d9b4aab 100644
--- a/RunCommand/LineOutputHandler.cs
+++ b/RunCommand/LineOutputHandler.cs
@@ -52,6 +52,37 @@ internal override void HandleStandardErrorData(string data)
 		ProcessDataByLine(data, ref errorBuffer, OnStandardError);
 	}
 
+	/// <summary>
+	/// Delivers the text left in each buffer as a final line, since no line break will now arrive to end it,
+	/// and leaves both buffers empty so a later run on this handler starts clean.
+	/// </summary>
+	internal override void Complete()
+	{
+		FlushBuffer(ref outputBuffer, OnStandardOutput);
+		FlushBuffer(ref errorBuffer, OnStandardError);
+	}
+
+	/// <summary>
+	/// Invokes <paramref name="onLineReceived"/> with the buffered final line, if there is one, and clears the buffer.
+	/// </summary>
+	/// <param name="buffer">The buffer holding an incomplete line.</param>
+	/// <param name="onLineReceived">The action to be invoked for the final line.</param>
+	/// <remarks>
+	/// A buffer that ends in a CR is a line whose break had not yet been confirmed as CR or CRLF.
+	/// At the end of the stream it is a CR on its own, so it ends the line rather than being part of it.
+	/// </remarks>
+	private static void FlushBuffer(ref string buffer, Action<string>? onLineReceived)
+	{
+		if (buffer.Length == 0)
+		{
+			return;
+		}
+
+		string line = buffer[^1] == '\r' ? buffer[..^1] : buffer;
+		buffer = "";
+		onLineReceived?.Invoke(line);
+	}
+
 	/// <summary>
 	/// Processes the data by line, invoking the specified action for each line received.
 	/// </summary>
diff --git a/RunCommand/OutputHandler.cs b/RunCommand/OutputHandler.cs
index 5647ff9..4e63a9f 100644
--- a/RunCommand/OutputHandler.cs
+++ b/RunCommand/OutputHandler.cs
@@ -60,4 +60,10 @@ internal virtual void HandleStandardErrorData(string data)
 		Ensure.NotNull(data);
 		OnStandardError?.Invoke(data);
 	}
+
+	/// <summary>
+	/// Called once both output streams have been read to their end and the process has exited,
+	/// so a handler that holds back partial data can deliver it. Not called when the run is cancelled.
+	/// </summary>
+	internal virtual void Complete() { }
 }
diff --git a/RunCommand/RunCommand.cs b/RunCommand/RunCommand.cs
index 3ea6e54..e3da840 100644
--- a/RunCommand/RunCommand.cs
+++ b/RunCommand/RunCommand.cs
@@ -492,6 +492,13 @@ private static async Task<int> RunAsync(ProcessStartInfo startInfo, OutputHandle
 		// never mistaken for a command that genuinely failed.
 		cancellationToken.ThrowIfCancellationRequested();
 
+		if (!useElevation)
+		{
+			// Both streams have been read to their end, so anything a handler is still holding back
+			// waiting for a line break will never get one.
+			outputHandler.Complete();
+		}
+
 		return process.ExitCode;
 	}