diff --git a/src/update-done/update-done.c b/src/update-done/update-done.c
index fdfbb7b52e..9eb58311e9 100644
--- a/src/update-done/update-done.c
+++ b/src/update-done/update-done.c
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
 #include "time-util.h"
 
 #define MESSAGE                                                         \
-        "# This file was created by systemd-update-done. Its only \n"   \
+        "# This file was created by systemd-update-done. Its only\n"    \
         "# purpose is to hold a timestamp of the time this directory\n" \
         "# was updated. See man:systemd-update-done.service(8).\n"