diff --git a/usr.sbin/bsdconfig/include/messages.subr b/usr.sbin/bsdconfig/include/messages.subr
index 31413aa6103d..8f486fc18ce7 100644
--- a/usr.sbin/bsdconfig/include/messages.subr
+++ b/usr.sbin/bsdconfig/include/messages.subr
@@ -259,7 +259,7 @@ msg_pear_desc="Software related to the Pear PHP framework."
 msg_perl5_desc="Utilities/modules for the PERL5 language."
 msg_permission_denied="%s: %s: Permission denied"
 msg_plan9_desc="Software from the Plan9 operating system."
-msg_please_check_the_url_and_try_again="No such directory: %s\nplease check the URL and try again."
+msg_please_check_the_url_and_try_again="No such directory: %s\nplease check the URL and try again.\n"
 msg_please_enter_password="Please enter your password for sudo(8):"
 msg_please_enter_the_address_of_the_http_proxy="Please enter the address of the HTTP proxy in this format:\n hostname:port (the ':port' is optional, default is 3128)"
 msg_please_enter_the_full_nfs_file_specification="Please enter the full NFS file specification for the remote\nhost and directory containing the FreeBSD distribution files.\nThis should be in the format:  hostname:/some/freebsd/dir"