diff --git a/lib/checkother.cpp b/lib/checkother.cpp
index 73c73ca52..02e3be504 100644
--- a/lib/checkother.cpp
+++ b/lib/checkother.cpp
@@ -1736,8 +1736,9 @@ void CheckOther::checkMemsetZeroBytes()
 void CheckOther::memsetZeroBytesError(const Token *tok, const std::string &varname)
 {
     const std::string summary("memset() called to fill 0 bytes of '" + varname + "'.");
-    const std::string verbose(summary + " The second and third arguments might be inverted.\n"
-                              "The function memset ( void * ptr, int value, size_t num ) sets the first num bytes of the block of memory pointed by ptr to the specified value.");
+    const std::string verbose(summary + " The second and third arguments might be inverted."
+                              " The function memset ( void * ptr, int value, size_t num ) sets the"
+                              " first num bytes of the block of memory pointed by ptr to the specified value.");
     reportError(tok, Severity::warning, "memsetZeroBytes", summary + "\n" + verbose);
 }