diff --git a/lib/coffee-script/repl.js b/lib/coffee-script/repl.js
index 408de58a..6374a89e 100644
--- a/lib/coffee-script/repl.js
+++ b/lib/coffee-script/repl.js
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@
   stdout = process.stdout;
 
   error = function(err) {
-    return stdout.write((err.stack || err.toString()) + '\n\n');
+    return stdout.write((err.stack || err.toString()) + '\n');
   };
 
   backlog = '';
diff --git a/src/repl.coffee b/src/repl.coffee
index a29a2398..0bbb28c3 100644
--- a/src/repl.coffee
+++ b/src/repl.coffee
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ stdout = process.stdout
 
 # Log an error.
 error = (err) ->
-  stdout.write (err.stack or err.toString()) + '\n\n'
+  stdout.write (err.stack or err.toString()) + '\n'
 
 # The current backlog of multi-line code.
 backlog = ''