diff --git a/error.c b/error.c
index b5d5fc31..cda871a8 100644
--- a/error.c
+++ b/error.c
@@ -353,9 +353,9 @@ xmlReportError(xmlErrorPtr err, xmlParserCtxtPtr ctxt, const char *str,
         int len;
 	len = xmlStrlen((const xmlChar *)str);
 	if ((len > 0) && (str[len - 1] != '\n'))
-	    channel(data, "%s", str);
-	else
 	    channel(data, "%s\n", str);
+	else
+	    channel(data, "%s", str);
     } else {
         channel(data, "%s\n", "out of memory error");
     }
diff --git a/xmlIO.c b/xmlIO.c
index ae4aa08a..0698d049 100644
--- a/xmlIO.c
+++ b/xmlIO.c
@@ -130,7 +130,7 @@ static int xmlOutputCallbackInitialized = 0;
  ************************************************************************/
 
 static const char *IOerr[] = {
-    "Unknown IO error errno",   /* UNKNOWN */
+    "Unknown IO error",         /* UNKNOWN */
     "Permission denied",	/* EACCES */
     "Resource temporarily unavailable",/* EAGAIN */
     "Bad file descriptor",	/* EBADF */