diff --git a/src/main.cpp b/src/main.cpp
index adb8bcf..97e1980 100644
--- a/src/main.cpp
+++ b/src/main.cpp
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[])
     }
     catch (std::exception &e)
     { // Exceptions we can't recover from or ones we don't know.
-        cerr << '\n' << translate("ERROR: ") << e.what() << '\n';
+        cerr << translate("ERROR: ") << e.what() << '\n';
         cerr << translate("Error while parsing options.") << '\n';
         return EXIT_FAILURE;
     }
@@ -112,8 +112,7 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[])
                     continue;
                 }
 
-                cerr << '\n'
-                     << translate("ERROR: ")
+                cerr << translate("ERROR: ")
                      << format(translate("Could not open {0:s}: {1:s}").str(),
                                e.path1(), e.what())
                      << '\n';
@@ -148,7 +147,7 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[])
                 }
                 catch (const std::exception &e)
                 {
-                    cerr << '\n' << translate("ERROR: ") << e.what() << '\n';
+                    cerr << translate("ERROR: ") << e.what() << '\n';
                     cerr << format(translate("Error while searching {0:s}.")
                                        .str(),
                                    filepath)