diff --git a/src/bin/pg_xlogdump/pg_xlogdump.c b/src/bin/pg_xlogdump/pg_xlogdump.c
index 5c546ceb797..ac5f1612431 100644
--- a/src/bin/pg_xlogdump/pg_xlogdump.c
+++ b/src/bin/pg_xlogdump/pg_xlogdump.c
@@ -1048,7 +1048,7 @@ main(int argc, char **argv)
 		XLogDumpDisplayStats(&config, &stats);
 
 	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);