diff --git a/client/mysqldump.c b/client/mysqldump.c
index fb28647a120..cc7b7689169 100644
--- a/client/mysqldump.c
+++ b/client/mysqldump.c
@@ -634,7 +634,7 @@ static void write_footer(FILE *sql_file)
                 time_str);
       }
       else
-        fprintf(sql_file, "-- Dump completed");
+        fprintf(sql_file, "-- Dump completed\n");
     }
     check_io(sql_file);
   }
diff --git a/mysql-test/r/mysqldump.result b/mysql-test/r/mysqldump.result
index 06bbab3285e..e49d3070e9a 100644
--- a/mysql-test/r/mysqldump.result
+++ b/mysql-test/r/mysqldump.result
@@ -3548,11 +3548,23 @@ DROP TABLE t1,t2;
 #            "Dump completed on"
 #
 # --skip-dump-date:
+--
+
+
+
 -- Dump completed
 # --dump-date:
--- Dump completed on -- ::
+--
+
+
+
+-- Dump completed on x-x-x x:x:x
 # --dump-date (default):
--- Dump completed on -- ::
+--
+
+
+
+-- Dump completed on x-x-x x:x:x
 #
 # End of 5.0 tests
 #
diff --git a/mysql-test/t/mysqldump.test b/mysql-test/t/mysqldump.test
index 5eb5370f779..cecb3ecf3a4 100644
--- a/mysql-test/t/mysqldump.test
+++ b/mysql-test/t/mysqldump.test
@@ -1582,13 +1582,16 @@ DROP TABLE t1,t2;
 --echo #
 
 --echo # --skip-dump-date:
---exec $MYSQL_DUMP --skip-dump-date test | grep 'Dump completed'
+--replace_regex /-- [^D][^u][^m][^p].*// /\/\*!.*//
+--exec $MYSQL_DUMP --skip-dump-date test
 
 --echo # --dump-date:
---exec $MYSQL_DUMP --dump-date test | grep 'Dump completed' | tr -d '[0-9]'
+--replace_regex /-- [^D][^u][^m][^p].*// /\/\*!.*// /[0-9]+/x/
+--exec $MYSQL_DUMP --dump-date test
 
 --echo # --dump-date (default):
---exec $MYSQL_DUMP test | grep 'Dump completed' | tr -d '[0-9]'
+--replace_regex /-- [^D][^u][^m][^p].*// /\/\*!.*// /[0-9]+/x/
+--exec $MYSQL_DUMP test
 
 --echo #
 --echo # End of 5.0 tests