diff --git a/procps/kill.c b/procps/kill.c
index 3eb829a..00a4d5c 100644
--- a/procps/kill.c
+++ b/procps/kill.c
@@ -223,7 +223,7 @@
 			pidList = find_pid_by_name( *argv);
 			if (!pidList) {
 				all_found = FALSE;
-				error_msg( "%s: no process killed\n", *argv);
+				error_msg( "%s: no process killed", *argv);
 			}
 
 			for(; pidList && *pidList!=0; pidList++) {
@@ -246,5 +246,5 @@
 
 
   end:
-	error_msg_and_die( "bad signal name: %s\n", *argv);
+	error_msg_and_die( "bad signal name: %s", *argv);
 }
diff --git a/procps/ps.c b/procps/ps.c
index 08597fe..4ff7a8a 100644
--- a/procps/ps.c
+++ b/procps/ps.c
@@ -99,20 +99,20 @@
 	if (tmp)
 		sscanf(tmp, "Pid:\t%d\n" "PPid:\t%d\n", &P->pid, &P->ppid);
 	else
-		error_msg("Internal error!\n");
+		error_msg("Internal error!");
 
 	/* For busybox, ignoring effective, saved, etc */
 	tmp = strstr(S, "Uid:");
 	if (tmp)
 		sscanf(tmp, "Uid:\t%d", &P->ruid);
 	else
-		error_msg("Internal error!\n");
+		error_msg("Internal error!");
 
 	tmp = strstr(S, "Gid:");
 	if (tmp)
 		sscanf(tmp, "Gid:\t%d", &P->rgid);
 	else
-		error_msg("Internal error!\n");
+		error_msg("Internal error!");
 
 }
 
@@ -137,7 +137,7 @@
 
 	dir = opendir("/proc");
 	if (!dir)
-		error_msg_and_die("Can't open /proc\n");
+		error_msg_and_die("Can't open /proc");
 
 #ifdef BB_FEATURE_AUTOWIDTH
 		ioctl(fileno(stdout), TIOCGWINSZ, &win);