diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 0ed1d5cdd1..ed055a7f3e 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,5 +1,9 @@
 2009-10-29  Ulrich Drepper  <drepper@redhat.com>
 
+	[BZ #10553]
+	* malloc/malloc.c (malloc_info): Fix typos in format strings.
+	Patch by John Sullivan <jsrhbz@kanargh.force9.co.uk>.
+
 	[BZ #10564]
 	* login/utmp_file.c (TIMEOUT): Increase to 10.
 
diff --git a/malloc/malloc.c b/malloc/malloc.c
index 79ba6b6f06..ea10d17f85 100644
--- a/malloc/malloc.c
+++ b/malloc/malloc.c
@@ -6474,8 +6474,8 @@ malloc_info (int options, FILE *fp)
   fprintf (fp,
 	   "<total type=\"fast\" count=\"%zu\" size=\"%zu\"/>\n"
 	   "<total type=\"rest\" count=\"%zu\" size=\"%zu\"/>\n"
-	   "<system type=\"current\" size=\"%zu\n/>\n"
-	   "<system type=\"max\" size=\"%zu\n/>\n"
+	   "<system type=\"current\" size=\"%zu\"/>\n"
+	   "<system type=\"max\" size=\"%zu\"/>\n"
 	   "<aspace type=\"total\" size=\"%zu\"/>\n"
 	   "<aspace type=\"mprotect\" size=\"%zu\"/>\n"
 	   "</malloc>\n",