diff --git a/uudecode.c b/uudecode.c
index fcfcfd9..cccc528 100644
--- a/uudecode.c
+++ b/uudecode.c
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@
     char *p;
 
     if (fgets (buf, sizeof(buf), stdin) == NULL) {
-      error_msg("%s: Short file\n", inname);
+      error_msg("%s: Short file", inname);
       return FALSE;
     }
     p = buf;
@@ -81,7 +81,7 @@
 
   if (fgets (buf, sizeof(buf), stdin) == NULL
       || strcmp (buf, "end\n")) {
-    error_msg("%s: No `end' line\n", inname);
+    error_msg("%s: No `end' line", inname);
     return FALSE;
   }
 
@@ -131,7 +131,7 @@
     unsigned char *p;
 
     if (fgets (buf, sizeof(buf), stdin) == NULL) {
-      error_msg("%s: Short file\n", inname);
+      error_msg("%s: Short file", inname);
       return FALSE;
     }
     p = buf;
@@ -139,7 +139,7 @@
     if (memcmp (buf, "====", 4) == 0)
       break;
     if (last_data != 0) {
-      error_msg("%s: data following `=' padding character\n", inname);
+      error_msg("%s: data following `=' padding character", inname);
       return FALSE;
     }
 
@@ -161,14 +161,14 @@
 
       while ((b64_tab[*p] & '\100') != 0)
         if (*p == '\n' || *p++ == '=') {
-          error_msg("%s: illegal line\n", inname);
+          error_msg("%s: illegal line", inname);
           return FALSE;
         }
       c2 = b64_tab[*p++];
 
       while (b64_tab[*p] == '\177')
         if (*p++ == '\n') {
-          error_msg("%s: illegal line\n", inname);
+          error_msg("%s: illegal line", inname);
           return FALSE;
         }
       if (*p == '=') {
@@ -180,7 +180,7 @@
 
       while (b64_tab[*p] == '\177')
         if (*p++ == '\n') {
-          error_msg("%s: illegal line\n", inname);
+          error_msg("%s: illegal line", inname);
           return FALSE;
         }
       putchar (c1 << 2 | c2 >> 4);
@@ -212,7 +212,7 @@
 
   while (1) {
     if (fgets (buf, sizeof (buf), stdin) == NULL) {
-      error_msg("%s: No `begin' line\n", inname);
+      error_msg("%s: No `begin' line", inname);
       return FALSE;
     }
 
@@ -237,13 +237,13 @@
       while (*p != '/')
         ++p;
       if (*p == '\0') {
-        error_msg("%s: Illegal ~user\n", inname);
+        error_msg("%s: Illegal ~user", inname);
         return FALSE;
       }
       *p++ = '\0';
       pw = getpwnam (buf + 1);
       if (pw == NULL) {
-        error_msg("%s: No user `%s'\n", inname, buf + 1);
+        error_msg("%s: No user `%s'", inname, buf + 1);
         return FALSE;
       }
       n = strlen (pw->pw_dir);