diff --git a/src/plugins/coreplugin/vcsmanager.cpp b/src/plugins/coreplugin/vcsmanager.cpp
index 13f6cb5a7bae7e88104c0b11a511900759777a41..65182b46d97038c5d07ba0ff914f954808b6fd7f 100644
--- a/src/plugins/coreplugin/vcsmanager.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/coreplugin/vcsmanager.cpp
@@ -415,8 +415,8 @@ QString VcsManager::msgAddToVcsFailedTitle()
 QString VcsManager::msgToAddToVcsFailed(const QStringList &files, const IVersionControl *vc)
 {
     return files.size() == 1
-        ? tr("Could not add the file\n%1\nto version control (%2)")
-              .arg(files.front(), vc->displayName()) + QLatin1Char('\n')
+        ? tr("Could not add the file\n%1\nto version control (%2)\n")
+              .arg(files.front(), vc->displayName())
         : tr("Could not add the following files to version control (%1)\n%2")
               .arg(vc->displayName(), files.join(QString(QLatin1Char('\n'))));
 }