1 files changed, 1 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/src/sort.c b/src/sort.c
index 267f76367..d49bf7383 100644
--- a/src/sort.c
+++ b/src/sort.c
@@ -2188,7 +2188,7 @@ lacks following character offset"));
 			  {
 			    /* Provoke with `sort -k1.0' */
 			    error (0, 0, _("starting field character offset \
-argument to the `-k' option\nmust be positive"));
+argument to the `-k' option must be positive"));
 			    badfieldspec (argv[i]);
 			  }
 		      }