diff --git a/utils/src/mkfs.c b/utils/src/mkfs.c
index d01528bf..4da70545 100644
--- a/utils/src/mkfs.c
+++ b/utils/src/mkfs.c
@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@
 #include "btree.h"
 #include "leaf_item_hash.h"
 #include "blkid.h"
+#include "quorum.h"
 
 
 /*
@@ -139,7 +140,6 @@ static int do_mkfs(struct mkfs_args *args)
 	int data_fd = -1;
 	char uuid_str[37];
 	void *zeros = NULL;
-	char *indent;
 	u64 blkno;
 	u64 meta_size;
 	u64 data_size;
@@ -368,20 +368,8 @@ static int do_mkfs(struct mkfs_args *args)
 		SIZE_ARGS(le64_to_cpu(super->total_data_blocks),
 			  SCOUTFS_BLOCK_SM_SIZE));
 
-	indent = "";
-	for (i = 0; i < SCOUTFS_QUORUM_MAX_SLOTS; i++) {
-		struct scoutfs_quorum_slot *sl = &super->qconf.slots[i];
-		struct in_addr in;
-
-		if (sl->addr.v4.family != cpu_to_le16(SCOUTFS_AF_IPV4))
-			continue;
-
-		in.s_addr = htonl(le32_to_cpu(sl->addr.v4.addr));
-		printf("%s%u: %s:%u", indent,
-		       i, inet_ntoa(in), le16_to_cpu(sl->addr.v4.port));
-		indent = "\n                        ";
-	}
-	printf("\n");
+	print_quorum_slots(super->qconf.slots, array_size(super->qconf.slots),
+			   "                        ");
 
 	ret = 0;
 out:
@@ -398,45 +386,6 @@ out:
 	return ret;
 }
 
-static bool valid_quorum_slots(struct scoutfs_quorum_slot *slots)
-{
-	struct in_addr in;
-	bool valid = true;
-	char *addr;
-	int i;
-	int j;
-
-	for (i = 0; i < SCOUTFS_QUORUM_MAX_SLOTS; i++) {
-		if (slots[i].addr.v4.family == cpu_to_le16(SCOUTFS_AF_NONE))
-			continue;
-
-		if (slots[i].addr.v4.family != cpu_to_le16(SCOUTFS_AF_IPV4)) {
-			fprintf(stderr, "quorum slot nr %u has invalid family %u\n",
-				i, le16_to_cpu(slots[i].addr.v4.family));
-			valid = false;
-		}
-
-		for (j = i + 1; j < SCOUTFS_QUORUM_MAX_SLOTS; j++) {
-			if (slots[i].addr.v4.family != cpu_to_le16(SCOUTFS_AF_IPV4))
-				continue;
-
-			if (slots[i].addr.v4.addr == slots[j].addr.v4.addr &&
-			    slots[i].addr.v4.port == slots[j].addr.v4.port) {
-
-				in.s_addr =
-					htonl(le32_to_cpu(slots[i].addr.v4.addr));
-				addr = inet_ntoa(in);
-				fprintf(stderr, "quorum slot nr %u and %u have the same address %s:%u\n",
-					i, j, addr,
-					le16_to_cpu(slots[i].addr.v4.port));
-				valid = false;
-			}
-		}
-	}
-
-	return valid;
-}
-
 static int parse_opt(int key, char *arg, struct argp_state *state)
 {
 	struct mkfs_args *args = state->input;
diff --git a/utils/src/quorum.c b/utils/src/quorum.c
index 092c4f37..935114ab 100644
--- a/utils/src/quorum.c
+++ b/utils/src/quorum.c
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+#include <stdio.h>
+#include <netinet/in.h>
+#include <arpa/inet.h>
+
 #include "sparse.h"
 #include "util.h"
 #include "format.h"
@@ -8,3 +12,68 @@ bool quorum_slot_present(struct scoutfs_super_block *super, int i)
 {
 	return super->qconf.slots[i].addr.v4.family == cpu_to_le16(SCOUTFS_AF_IPV4);
 }
+
+bool valid_quorum_slots(struct scoutfs_quorum_slot *slots)
+{
+	struct in_addr in;
+	bool valid = true;
+	char *addr;
+	int i;
+	int j;
+
+	for (i = 0; i < SCOUTFS_QUORUM_MAX_SLOTS; i++) {
+		if (slots[i].addr.v4.family == cpu_to_le16(SCOUTFS_AF_NONE))
+			continue;
+
+		if (slots[i].addr.v4.family != cpu_to_le16(SCOUTFS_AF_IPV4)) {
+			fprintf(stderr, "quorum slot nr %u has invalid family %u\n",
+				i, le16_to_cpu(slots[i].addr.v4.family));
+			valid = false;
+		}
+
+		for (j = i + 1; j < SCOUTFS_QUORUM_MAX_SLOTS; j++) {
+			if (slots[i].addr.v4.family != cpu_to_le16(SCOUTFS_AF_IPV4))
+				continue;
+
+			if (slots[i].addr.v4.addr == slots[j].addr.v4.addr &&
+			    slots[i].addr.v4.port == slots[j].addr.v4.port) {
+
+				in.s_addr =
+					htonl(le32_to_cpu(slots[i].addr.v4.addr));
+				addr = inet_ntoa(in);
+				fprintf(stderr, "quorum slot nr %u and %u have the same address %s:%u\n",
+					i, j, addr,
+					le16_to_cpu(slots[i].addr.v4.port));
+				valid = false;
+			}
+		}
+	}
+
+	return valid;
+}
+
+/*
+ * Print quorum slots to stdout, a line at a time.   The first line is
+ * not indented and the rest of the lines use the indent string from the
+ * caller.
+ */
+void print_quorum_slots(struct scoutfs_quorum_slot *slots, int nr, char *indent)
+{
+	struct scoutfs_quorum_slot *sl;
+	struct in_addr in;
+	bool first = true;
+	int i;
+
+	for (i = 0, sl = slots; i < SCOUTFS_QUORUM_MAX_SLOTS; i++, sl++) {
+
+		if (sl->addr.v4.family != cpu_to_le16(SCOUTFS_AF_IPV4))
+			continue;
+
+		in.s_addr = htonl(le32_to_cpu(sl->addr.v4.addr));
+		printf("%s%u: %s:%u\n", first ? "" : indent,
+		       i, inet_ntoa(in), le16_to_cpu(sl->addr.v4.port));
+
+		first = false;
+	}
+}
+
diff --git a/utils/src/quorum.h b/utils/src/quorum.h
index 1297dce1..5e467bf2 100644
--- a/utils/src/quorum.h
+++ b/utils/src/quorum.h
@@ -4,5 +4,7 @@
 #include <stdbool.h>
 
 bool quorum_slot_present(struct scoutfs_super_block *super, int i);
+bool valid_quorum_slots(struct scoutfs_quorum_slot *slots);
+void print_quorum_slots(struct scoutfs_quorum_slot *slots, int nr, char *indent);
 
 #endif