diff --git a/CHANGELOG b/CHANGELOG
index b74c3c1..fbb8501 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG
+++ b/CHANGELOG
@@ -4,6 +4,8 @@
 
 -- stuff in the stable-1.0 branch, backported from 2.0.0 dev branch, etc ---
 
+03262007 - Fixed minor cosmetic issue in Windows error messages where it would
+           leave whitespace and newlines at the end of the string.
 09232006 - Fixed typo in doxygen comment.
 03232006 - Added -fvisibility for gcc4 (http://gcc.gnu.org/wiki/Visibility)
 01012006 - Added physfs.rc (thanks, Dennis!). Changed my email address.
diff --git a/platform/win32.c b/platform/win32.c
index 300376f..6934981 100644
--- a/platform/win32.c
+++ b/platform/win32.c
@@ -97,7 +97,7 @@ static const char *win32strerror(void)
     {
         if ((*ptr == '\n') || (*ptr == '\r'))
         {
-            *ptr = ' ';
+            *ptr = '\0';
             break;
         } /* if */
     } /* for */