diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 200393209..548423652 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+2013-12-09  Colin Watson  <cjwatson@ubuntu.com>
+
+	* util/grub-mkconfig.in: Add missing newline to output.
+
 2013-12-08  Vladimir Serbinenko  <phcoder@gmail.com>
 
 	* grub-core/kern/ia64/efi/init.c (grub_arch_sync_caches): Move to ...
diff --git a/util/grub-mkconfig.in b/util/grub-mkconfig.in
index 7b85c8817..3390ba90f 100644
--- a/util/grub-mkconfig.in
+++ b/util/grub-mkconfig.in
@@ -267,6 +267,7 @@ if test "x${grub_cfg}" != "x" ; then
 Ensure that there are no errors in /etc/default/grub
 and /etc/grub.d/* files or please file a bug report with
 %s file attached." "${grub_cfg}.new" >&2
+    echo >&2
   else
     # none of the children aborted with error, install the new grub.cfg
     mv -f ${grub_cfg}.new ${grub_cfg}