diff --git a/contrib/pg_xlogdump/pg_xlogdump.c b/contrib/pg_xlogdump/pg_xlogdump.c
index 499c855785b..c1d79952a17 100644
--- a/contrib/pg_xlogdump/pg_xlogdump.c
+++ b/contrib/pg_xlogdump/pg_xlogdump.c
@@ -744,7 +744,7 @@ main(int argc, char **argv)
 	}
 
 	if (errormsg)
-		fatal_error("error in WAL record at %X/%X: %s\n",
+		fatal_error("error in WAL record at %X/%X: %s",
 					(uint32) (xlogreader_state->ReadRecPtr >> 32),
 					(uint32) xlogreader_state->ReadRecPtr,
 					errormsg);