1 files changed, 1 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/archival/dpkg.c b/archival/dpkg.c
index 0ca2704a1..c40a932ec 100644
--- a/archival/dpkg.c
+++ b/archival/dpkg.c
@@ -714,7 +714,7 @@ static const char *describe_status(int status_num)
 {
         int status_want, status_state ;
         if (status_hashtable[status_num] == NULL || status_hashtable[status_num]->status == 0)
-                return "is not installed or flagged to be installed\n";
+                return "is not installed or flagged to be installed";
 
         status_want = get_status(status_num, 1);
         status_state = get_status(status_num, 3);