diff --git a/src/bin/pg_basebackup/streamutil.c b/src/bin/pg_basebackup/streamutil.c
index 3394537d854..f68019d5706 100644
--- a/src/bin/pg_basebackup/streamutil.c
+++ b/src/bin/pg_basebackup/streamutil.c
@@ -230,7 +230,7 @@ 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);
@@ -300,7 +300,7 @@ RetrieveWalSegSize(PGconn *conn)
 	res = PQexec(conn, "SHOW wal_segment_size");
 	if (PQresultStatus(res) != PGRES_TUPLES_OK)
 	{
-		fprintf(stderr, _("%s: could not send replication command \"%s\": %s\n"),
+		fprintf(stderr, _("%s: could not send replication command \"%s\": %s"),
 				progname, "SHOW wal_segment_size", PQerrorMessage(conn));
 
 		PQclear(res);
@@ -372,7 +372,7 @@ RetrieveDataDirCreatePerm(PGconn *conn)
 	res = PQexec(conn, "SHOW data_directory_mode");
 	if (PQresultStatus(res) != PGRES_TUPLES_OK)
 	{
-		fprintf(stderr, _("%s: could not send replication command \"%s\": %s\n"),
+		fprintf(stderr, _("%s: could not send replication command \"%s\": %s"),
 				progname, "SHOW data_directory_mode", PQerrorMessage(conn));
 
 		PQclear(res);
diff --git a/src/bin/pg_dump/pg_dumpall.c b/src/bin/pg_dump/pg_dumpall.c
index 75e4a539bfb..55de7449b45 100644
--- a/src/bin/pg_dump/pg_dumpall.c
+++ b/src/bin/pg_dump/pg_dumpall.c
@@ -1661,7 +1661,7 @@ 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);
 		}