diff --git a/mininet/cli.py b/mininet/cli.py
index 31b1ee4..bf593c4 100644
--- a/mininet/cli.py
+++ b/mininet/cli.py
@@ -209,12 +209,10 @@ class CLI( Cmd ):
             rest = ' '.join( rest )
             # Run cmd on node:
             node.sendCmd( rest, printPid=True )
-            while True:
+            while node.waiting:
                 try:
-                    done, data = node.monitor()
+                    data = node.monitor()
                     info( '%s' % data )
-                    if done:
-                        break
                 except KeyboardInterrupt:
                     node.sendInt()
         else:
diff --git a/mininet/node.py b/mininet/node.py
index 48973f6..8037f2c 100644
--- a/mininet/node.py
+++ b/mininet/node.py
@@ -161,7 +161,8 @@ class Node( object ):
             os.kill( self.lastPid, signal.SIGINT )
 
     def monitor( self ):
-        "Monitor the output of a command, returning (done?, data)."
+        """Monitor and return the output of a command.
+           Set self.waiting to False if command has completed."""
         assert self.waiting
         self.waitReadable()
         data = self.read( 1024 )
@@ -175,11 +176,11 @@ class Node( object ):
         # Look for sentinel/EOF
         if len( data ) > 0 and data[ -1 ] == chr( 127 ):
             self.waiting = False
-            return True, data[ :-1 ]
+            data = data[ :-1 ]
         elif chr( 127 ) in data:
             self.waiting = False
-            return True, data.replace( chr( 127 ), '' )
-        return False, data
+            data = data.replace( chr( 127 ), '' )
+        return data
 
     def waitOutput( self, verbose=False ):
         """Wait for a command to complete.
@@ -189,9 +190,8 @@ class Node( object ):
            verbose: print output interactively"""
         log = info if verbose else debug
         output = ''
-        done = False
-        while not done:
-            done, data = self.monitor()
+        while self.waiting:
+            data = self.monitor()
             output += data
             log( data )
         return output