diff --git a/tokenize.c b/tokenize.c
index 703ecb07..2671e23b 100644
--- a/tokenize.c
+++ b/tokenize.c
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ tokenize_cmdline(char *cmdline, char ***argv)
         char *end = strchr(p, delim);
         if (end == NULL) {
             if (delim != ' ') {
-                LOG_ERR("unterminated %s quote\n", delim == '"' ? "double" : "single");
+                LOG_ERR("unterminated %s quote", delim == '"' ? "double" : "single");
                 free(*argv);
                 *argv = NULL;
                 return false;