diff --git a/vcsh b/vcsh
index f987fbfd5a24d6df99e8b1ef091a3e27fecdfd08..39240093afd50dd0a47b528abb2249fedf9e1d27 100755
--- a/vcsh
+++ b/vcsh
@@ -163,7 +163,7 @@ clone() {
 	done
 	[ "$VCSH_CONFLICT" = '1' ] &&
 		fatal "will stop after fetching and not try to merge!
-  Once this situation has been resolved, run 'vcsh run $VCSH_REPO_NAME git pull' to finish cloning.\n" 17
+  Once this situation has been resolved, run 'vcsh run $VCSH_REPO_NAME git pull' to finish cloning." 17
 	git merge origin/master
 	hook post-clone
 	retire