diff --git a/util/log.c b/util/log.c
index 7837ff9917..53b4f6c58e 100644
--- a/util/log.c
+++ b/util/log.c
@@ -489,7 +489,7 @@ const QEMULogItem qemu_log_items[] = {
       "do not chain compiled TBs so that \"exec\" and \"cpu\" show\n"
       "complete traces" },
 #ifdef CONFIG_PLUGIN
-    { CPU_LOG_PLUGIN, "plugin", "output from TCG plugins\n"},
+    { CPU_LOG_PLUGIN, "plugin", "output from TCG plugins"},
 #endif
     { LOG_STRACE, "strace",
       "log every user-mode syscall, its input, and its result" },