diff --git a/src/bin/pg_basebackup/streamutil.c b/src/bin/pg_basebackup/streamutil.c
index 7b60a070765..a240aae9f2f 100644
--- a/src/bin/pg_basebackup/streamutil.c
+++ b/src/bin/pg_basebackup/streamutil.c
@@ -219,7 +219,7 @@ GetConnection(void)
 		res = PQexec(tmpconn, ALWAYS_SECURE_SEARCH_PATH_SQL);
 		if (PQresultStatus(res) != PGRES_TUPLES_OK)
 		{
-			fprintf(stderr, _("%s: could not clear search_path: %s\n"),
+			fprintf(stderr, _("%s: could not clear search_path: %s"),
 					progname, PQerrorMessage(tmpconn));
 			PQclear(res);
 			PQfinish(tmpconn);
diff --git a/src/bin/pg_dump/pg_dumpall.c b/src/bin/pg_dump/pg_dumpall.c
index ec968a11709..8d054954b5b 100644
--- a/src/bin/pg_dump/pg_dumpall.c
+++ b/src/bin/pg_dump/pg_dumpall.c
@@ -2017,7 +2017,7 @@ connectDatabase(const char *dbname, const char *connection_string,
 		if (fail_on_error)
 		{
 			fprintf(stderr,
-					_("%s: could not connect to database \"%s\": %s\n"),
+					_("%s: could not connect to database \"%s\": %s"),
 					progname, dbname, PQerrorMessage(conn));
 			exit_nicely(1);
 		}