diff --git a/player/main.c b/player/main.c
index b5d019db81..f2e1333fd8 100644
--- a/player/main.c
+++ b/player/main.c
@@ -434,7 +434,7 @@ int mp_initialize(struct MPContext *mpctx, char **options)
         mpctx->encode_lavc_ctx = encode_lavc_init(opts->encode_opts,
                                                   mpctx->global);
         if(!mpctx->encode_lavc_ctx) {
-            MP_INFO(mpctx, "Encoding initialization failed.");
+            MP_INFO(mpctx, "Encoding initialization failed.\n");
             return -1;
         }
         m_config_set_profile(mpctx->mconfig, "encoding", 0);